uninstall android studio completely windows

Though, I'm not sure why it says it's taking up 8 gb - it isn't nearly that big for me. You can simply open the applications folder and move Android Studio to the trash. After all, if Windows Phone and iPhone developers can survive without having access to the source code of their platforms, there is no reason most of us couldn't survive without the source code to our platform either. Do it only if you really need the space).

You can delete the 'Google Repository' (although, I've personally kept that one, so you'll probably end up with even less than 3.19 GB once you delete it).Īnd if you still need even more space, I guess you could even remove the 'SDK Samples' and the 'Sources of Android SDK' (not that I'd recommend doing that. Android is backwards-compatible, so targeting the latest SDK does not require additional SDKs even if your minimum SDK is very low.įrom the extra folder section: Keep the 'Intel x86 Accelerator (HAXM installer)', keep the 'Android support repository' and keep the 'Android support library'. Most likely, you can just delete that one as well, and download it again should you ever need it.īut do delete the package for 'ARM emulator image' and all the other packages for the other api levels. That means, inside the folder api level 21 keep 'SDK Platform', keep the 'x86 emulator image for 64 bit', delete the 'intel x86 emulator image for 32 bit', keep the 'Samples for SDK', keep 'Documentation for Android SDK', and keep 'Sources for Android SDK'įor the 'Google APIs', only keep that if you plan to use the google maps api, or some other google apis. Keep the latest android sdk (currently at api level 21). Now, it's just 3.19 GB (not including Android Studio), after having deleted the packages I'm not currently using.įrom Android Studio, select Tools > Android > SDK Manager. On Mac OSX Yosemite, my android sdk folder was taking 18 GB two minutes ago. Most likely, you can just prune the sdk directories.

Uninstall android studio completely windows