How to fully remove Xcode 4

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Jonas Anderson picture Jonas Anderson · Mar 10, 2011 · Viewed 79.5k times · Source

I want to remove all existing SDK versions as well as Xcode 4.

Xcode 4 Guide says to do this:

sudo /Xcode4/Library/uninstall-devtools --mode=all

But I don't have Xcode4 at this location and the only place I see it is under /Developer/Applications

I've already run the uninstall-devtools that was previously found in /Developer/Applications and then did a reinstall.

What else can I do to completely remove everything and start from scratch?

Answer

esqew picture esqew · Mar 12, 2011

I use this command:

sudo /Developer/Library/uninstall-devtools --mode=all

Edit (1 year later):

If you've downloaded Xcode from the App Store, it's self-contained, as @mediaslave suggests. You can just drag it to the trash or use AppZapper (or a similar utility) to remove the developer tools.

If you're looking to update it, you can also do that straight through the App Store.

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