Question

I have Xcode 4.3 installed on Mac OS Lion, but I can't find a way to uninstall it. Any ideas?
I have no /Xcode4/Library/uninstall-devtools (can't find an Xcode4 folder) or /Developer/Library/uninstall-devtools(Library folder doesn't exist under Developer)

I have a Users/me/Library/Developer/Xcode with:

  • DerivedData
  • UserData
  • Installs
  • iOS DeviceSupport

I have /Developer with

  • Applications
  • Documentation
  • Extras
  • Platforms

The only other place I could find a reference to Xcode was in Applications/Xcode.app
Is there something I've overlooked? I would really appreciate any help!

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Solution

You uninstall Xcode 4.3 like you would uninstall most Mac applications, by moving it to the Trash. Xcode 4.3 is bundled as a single application so there's no need for an uninstall script.

OTHER TIPS

Maurizio Zilli:

"In new Xcode 4 and Lion You can install and uninstall from Preferences : downloads : components

If You want to uninstall completely XCode go to launchpad and push Xcode icon for two seconds, so click on the upper left checkbox."

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3784638?start=0&tstart=0

To uninstall xcode 4.3.x simply drag the Xcode.app to the trash. That's all.

There's still some large docset files in ~/Library/Developer/Shared/Documentation/DocSets/. You could search for other support files with mdfind -name xcode -0 | xargs -0 du -sm | sort -rn.

For some reason, /Library/Developer/ wasn't removed when I installed Xcode 4.3. It contained about 2GB of old docset files.

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