Removing Ignored Android Studio (or Intellij) Update Builds

Question

When an Android Studio update is posted and you mistakenly click on Ignore This Update how do you apply the update without having to reinstall Android Studio?

Answer 1

Update

As of the latest version of Android Studio, there is now a Preference in the UI noted in an answer by Yogesh Umesh Vaity

Original Answer

The simple way to revert a mistaken choice is to close Android Studio then edit other.xml file and remove the myIgnoredBuildNumbers option block:

<option name="myIgnoredBuildNumbers">
  <value>
    <list size="1">
      <item index="0" class="java.lang.String" itemvalue="130.729444" />
    </list>
  </value>
</option>

Technically you should edit the size and remove the item in question but after some testing the next time you ignore a build the myIgnoredBuildNumbers block will be rebuilt.

The other.xml file can be found at:

• OSX: ~/Library/Preferences/AndroidStudio/options/other.xml
• WIN: %HOMEPATH%\.AndroidStudio\config\options\other.xml
• NIX: ~/.AndroidStudio/config/options/other.xml

The same can be done in Intellij in the following paths:

• OSX: ~/Library/Preferences/IdeaIC12/options/other.xml
• WIN: %HOMEPATH%\.IdeaIC12\options\other.xml

As of Android Studio 1.2(possibly earlier), the ignored builds block is defined in updates.xml within the same directory as other.xml