Uninstalling Xcode 4.1 from Lion

Hi
I installed free Xcode 4.1 on Lion but now want to uninstall it.
Not sure how to do it. Please suggest
Thanks

From the PDF in the Xcode Folder:
Uninstalling Xcode Developer Tools
To uninstall Xcode developer tools on the boot volume along with the <Xcode> directory, from a Terminal window type:
$ sudo <Xcode>/Library/uninstall-devtools --mode=all
Finally, to just uninstall the <Xcode> directory you can simply drag it to the trash

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