Xcode 4 uninstall

i recently uninstalled xcode 4 w/ the following terminal command. sudo /Developer/Library/uninstall-developer-folder --mode=all. this of course, got rid of the developer folder. has this hurt os x in any way? it looks like i should have run the same command w/ dev tools instead of developer folder. fyi, i had no saved development files i wanted to keep. just wanting to know if i may have done messed up os x while doing this. thanks.

I think it doesn't hurt anything, and deleting Xcode.app in Applications folder as well would be cleaner.
-- kaz-k

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HT1222 how to delete Xcode without uninstall-devtools

how to delete Xcode without uninstall-devtools.Cause I have alredy install xcode before and delete it in a wrong way ,so my file in folder Libary named "unistall-devtools" does not exist .In this case ,everytime I re-install it , it will say install fail .So how to completely unistall it under my condition.Plaese help me .

At a Terminal prompt enter "sudo " and then drag the command into the Terminal window. Press RETURN. Enter your admin password when prompted which is not echoed to the screen.

How to make an Xcode full uninstall without tools ( CD/DVD)

Hello,
I have a mac mini late 2012. I dont have OSX Mountain Lion CD or DVD, because my computer has not CD/DVD disk player threfore the OSx comes preinstalled. As i woul like to become an IOS app developer, i have downloaded XCODE 4.6 from AppStore to learn to use it. As you can see i dont have any disk with this software.
After xcode was intalled i started to try to practice with some testing projects. as you can imagine, i have received a lot of error signals and warnings telling about missing objects, names, etc. I had erased those projects by hand, just deleting project folders without using the organizer to erase the projects.
After all of this actions, i have tried to start new clean projects in xcode, however, i keep receiving the same errors in new projects, and when i click over any warning simbol it shows instances of the deleted wrong project. Also if you open simulator you can see in there the old deted wrong project icon.
I have searching with no succes try to "clean" everything created through xcode in the past, however i cant found any way to do that, so i thougth to try to uninstall xcode and after this, try to install it again but clean. I ereased the application and re install it, but same errors are appearing yet. Then i investigate trough the internet about a full uninstall , and all of i have found talks about to use a tools disk to run a command to "erase" xcode complete.
I also have tried with a comman that sows me errors, this is a copied and pasted text from my terminal:
Last login: Wed Feb 20 20:08:13 on console
Mac-mini-de-Fernando:~ fernando$ sudo /Developer/Library/uninstall-devtools –mode=all
Password:
sudo: /Developer/Library/uninstall-devtools: command not found
Mac-mini-de-Fernando:~ fernando$
As you can see, i dont have any way to run the unisntall tool. After all of this post, i need to make 2 questions, i hope you can help, i getting crazy !!
1.-Any idea to clean XCODE configuration?
2.-If not, Any idea to make a full uninstall without osx disks?
Thanks a lot

That command you're using is outdated, sorry.
Xcode latest version is 4.6 - you 'uninstall' just like an other app now...drag it to the trash, then empty.
In Xocde/Organizer/Documentation, type in: movieplayer
...see if you can download that sample app and then see if it runs as-is for you.

How to uninstall "Command Line Tools" in Xcode 4.3?

Just installed Command Line Tools using the perference in Xcode 4.3. After removing Xcode 4.3, I found the Command Line Tools are not removed.
Is there any way to uninstall?
Thanks!

Check the 'About Xcode' readme:
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
To remove the underlying developer content on the boot volume, but leave the <Xcode> directory and supporting files untouched, from a Terminal window type:
$ sudo <Xcode>/Library/uninstall-devtools --mode=systemsupport
To just remove the UNIX development support on the boot volume, but leave the <Xcode> directory and supporting files untouched, from a Terminal window type:
$ sudo <Xcode>/Library/uninstall-devtools --mode=unixdev
Finally, to just uninstall the <Xcode> directory you can simply drag it to the trash, or from a Terminal window type:
$ sudo <Xcode>/Library/uninstall-devtools --mode=xcodedir
NOTE: The uninstaller that ships with previous versions of the Xcode developer tools will not clean everything off of your system properly. You should use the one installed with these Xcode developer tools.
-=-
If you find a black hole with the above, you could always reinstall Xcode, with those tools deselected and then delete according to the above, but all bets are off at that point, sorry
Good luck in any case.

How do I completely uninstall Xcode and Developer Tools?

**Sorry if this isn't the place to ask this, but I really didn't find a section dedicated to this, so I'm asking it here.**
I installed Xcode and the Mac developer tools from Apple's developer site page and I'm not going to use it (for the time being anyway). I dragged and dropped all of the files from the download into the trash and emptied it. Then, I went to Terminal, and typed in the following:
sudo /Developer/Library/uninstall-devtools –mode=all
It gave me a prompt to enter my password before continuing, entered my password, and then that was it! Question is, though, is this really it? Did I really get rid of Xcode and all of the developer stuff that came in the Mac Developer Tools download?

The only thing that I could find in utilities that started with "X" was something called "X11". Also, I had Xcode 3.1.2 installed, and at first I tried typing this command in Terminal:
$ sudo <Xcode>/Library/uninstall-devtools --mode=all
I got this from the "About Xcode 3.1.2" document from Apple's developer site, but it wouldn't work. Then I tried the code that I posted in my first post, and I guess it worked. I actually entered the code
sudo /Developer/Library/uninstall-devtools –mode=all
a few times (for closure) and the same thing happened every time: password to continue and, that's it! So I guess it worked. I actually got that code from a blog after googling "how to uninstall xcode 3.1.2 and developer tools"!

Uninstalling Xcode - problems?

Here are some comments about Xcode's uninstaller from 2004:
removed essential apps from the system (tar, zip, unzip, etc.) and prevents many operation from completing successfully - including Software Update.
Well, I found out what was preventing Software Update from working. Apple's uninstaller for Xcode also uninstalled "tar" and "gnutar" from /usr/bin. I had to use Pacifist to manually extract and install those two components from the base package on my Panther disk. Thanks, Apple. Nicely done with that uninstaller.
On disc1 that came with my imac, in the Xcode folder, there is a pdf file named "About Xcode Tools.pdf" and it says:
About Xcode Tools
Compatibility and Installation
Xcode Tools 2.4 Release for
Mac OS X v10.4 (Tiger)
NOTE: The uninstaller that ships with previous versions of Xcode Tools or Developer Tools will not clean
everything off of your system properly. You should either use the one on the Xcode Tools 2.4 DVD, or you
should use the one installed when you installed Xcode Tools 2.4.
Well, the 2.4 uninstaller doesn't work correctly either. See here:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=850734&tstart=0

I think you've discovered a bug in the uninstaller in that it doesn't remove the Project Templates and File Templates folders. You should file a bug report and explain the circumstances which highlighted the problem:
http://developer.apple.com/bugreporter/
Best wishes
Bob

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
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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
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How can i uninstall or remove Xcode 4.3.2

I am not able to remove xcode 4.3.2. where i tried the below comands on termnal but it did't work
sudo <Xcode>/Library/uninstall-devtools --mode=all
sudo /path/to/Xcode/Library/uninstall-devtools --mode=all
sudo /Developer/Library/uninstall-devtools --mode=all
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Dashcode and Quartz Composer are not part of Xcode 4.3.2's application bundle. Deleting Xcode is not going to delete them. You are going to have to remove Dashcode and Quartz Composer separately.
Instruments is part of Xcode 4.3.2's app bundle so deleting Xcode should also delete Instruments. I do not have Instruments on my dock so I don't know if trashing Xcode removes the Instruments dock icon. Does clicking the Instruments dock icon launch Instruments? Do you have other versions of Xcode installed?

Uninstalling iphone sdk

I tried using the Terminal command line ($ sudo <Xcode>/Library/uninstall-devtools --mode=all) listed in the About file that was contained in the disk image for the installer. All that happened was it said directory does not exist or something to that effect.
I want to completely and properly remove the SDK from my system as if it was never there. Any suggestions? Thanks.

To remove Xcode, simply run the line shown in the above message:
sudo /Developer/Library/uninstall-devtools --mode=all
# NAME
# uninstall-devtools -- Meta-script for running the various devtools uninstaller scripts.
# SYNOPSIS
# sudo /Developer/Library/uninstall-devtools --mode=all
# sudo /Developer/Library/uninstall-devtools --mode=xcodedir
# sudo /Developer/Library/uninstall-devtools --mode=unixdev
# sudo /Developer/Library/uninstall-devtools --mode=systemsupport
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Completely uninstall iPhone SDK

I read the PDF in the Developer folder, but I still don't quite understand it.
How do I completely uninstall the iPhone SDK without screwing anything up?

Hi,
did you see this:
+*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+
From: http://adcdownload.apple.com/iphone/iphonesdk_4_gm_seed/gm_seed_about_xcode_3.2.3_and_iphone_sdk4.0.pdf
Dirk

Non-developer wanting uninstall advice....

I lent my MacBook Pro to a friend who at the time did not own a Mac and was developing apps for the iphone. He had installed Xcode in the Developer > Applications folder and I am wondering if I can uninstall/remove this without affecting the performance/stability of my Mac. In fact, there are a whole bunch of folders in the Developer folder that I'm pretty sure I don't use/will never use but I am not sure if are there for the performance of my machine. It appears I can free up 4 GB of space by removing this folder.
Add this and stir: I have recently upgraded to a Mini Mac and upon launch, had everything from the MacBook Pro ported over, so I am actually using a brand new Mini Mac now, however I do not think this matters in the equation one way or another.
Thank you for your assistance and please keep up the great work!

I tried running this through Terminal as per the About.pdf:
$ sudo <Xcode>/Library/uninstall-devtools --mode=all
And it is telling me this:
-bash: Xcode: No such file or directory
Now, I don't use Terminal at all so I'm a bit leery of putting "Developer" in there, because I think it is not looking in the right spot, but I don't know. Here is a screen shot of the folder, I don't think I need anything from here, but I don't want to do any harm to my iMac.
Click the image to see a larger version.

IPhone SDK Uninsallation

Hey everyone.
I've been trying to uninstall the iPhone SDK from my system using the directions in the PDF file that comes with the SDK. When I go into Terminal, I type in:
$ sudo <Xcode>/Library/uninstall-devtools --mode=all
When I type in this (or if I directly copy/paste), the following error appears:
-bash: Xcode: No such file or directory
Any ideas? I'm not so good with the Terminal side of OS X, so I'm coming to you guys.

I was having the same problem. Thanks for the helpful answer. Here's another couple of questions. It has now removed everything, but the "developer" directory remains. Is this directory part of the Mac OS system default install or was it created by the iphone SDK? Can it be removed? it still has a bunch of files in it.

Terminal not running commands.

I recently tried running a command to uninstall Xcode "sudo /Developer/Library/uninstall-devtools –mode=all" but it failed after asking me to enter a password. Now after I run the Terminal I get nothing for a response and the window is now named "Terminal-login-86x24". I looked for everything online and on Apple support. What should I do?

paniclabs wrote:
I recently tried running a command to uninstall Xcode "sudo /Developer/Library/uninstall-devtools –mode=all" but it failed after asking me to enter a password. Now after I run the Terminal I get nothing for a response and the window is now named "Terminal-login-86x24". I looked for everything online and on Apple support. What should I do?
That command looks incomplete. From the readme:
++++++++
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
To remove the underlying developer content on the boot volume, but leave the <Xcode> directory and supporting files untouched, from a Terminal window type:
$ sudo <Xcode>/Library/uninstall-devtools --mode=systemsupport
To just remove the UNIX development support on the boot volume, but leave the <Xcode> directory and supporting files untouched, from a Terminal window type:
$ sudo <Xcode>/Library/uninstall-devtools --mode=unixdev
Finally, to just uninstall the <Xcode> directory you can simply drag it to the trash, or from a Terminal window type:
$ sudo <Xcode>/Library/uninstall-devtools --mode=xcodedir
NOTE: The uninstaller that ships with previous versions of the Xcode developer tools will not clean everything off of your system properly. You should use the one installed with these Xcode developer tools.

I updated Xcode 5 to Xcode 6.0.1. It messed up my previous apps and i don't know how to fix it. Is it possible to uninstall Xcode 6 and go back to Xcode 5?

Hello,
I updated Xcode 5 to Xcode 6.0.1. It messed up my previous apps and i don't know how to fix it. Is it possible to uninstall Xcode 6 and go back to Xcode 5?

I found this solution http://objcsharp.wordpress.com/2014/09/21/how-to-get-back-the-ios-7-sdk-after-up grading-to-xcode-6/

Does any one know how to uninstall xcode 4.4 on OSX 10.7?

Because of openframeworks, I want to swich back to xcode 4.2 not the xcode 4.4 after I accidentally upgraded it.
I tried the /Developer/Library/uninstall-devtools or deleting the xcode.app from the application folder,
none of it works,
everytime I tried to install xcode 4.2 I get the "a newer version is installed on this machine" message.
Does anyone know how to deal with this,
either fully deleting xcode 4.4 and enabling the install of xcode 4.2,
or install xcode 4.2 in a separate folder beside xcode 4.4?
Thanks in advance!!!!

As I mentioned, already tried that.
Empty trash, yes.
Restart after empty trash, yes.
Still get the "a newer version ..." response.

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