Uninstalling the Application
Uninstalling the Standalone Application
The following procedure will remove Oxygen from your system. All data stored in the
installation directory will be removed, including any customizations or any other data you
have stored within that directory. Make a back up of any data you want to keep prior to
performing this procedure.
- Backup any data you want to keep from the Oxygen installation folder.
- Remove the application according to your operating system:
- Windows - Use the appropriate uninstaller shortcut
provided with your OS.
- OS X or Linux - Manually delete the installation
folder and all its contents.
- If you want to remove the user preferences:
- Windows - Remove the following directory depending
on the product: %APPDATA%\Roaming\com.oxygenxml (for Oxygen XML Editor),
%APPDATA%\Roaming\com.oxygenxml.author (for Oxygen XML Author),
%APPDATA%\Roaming\com.developer (for Oxygen XML Developer). Note that
%APPDAT% is usually [user-home-dir]\Application Data and it
is usually hidden.
- OS X - Remove the following directory from the user
home folder, depending on the product: Library/Preferences/com.oxygenxml
(for Oxygen XML Editor), Library/Preferences/com.oxygenxml.author (for
Oxygen XML Author), Library/Preferences/com.oxygenxml.developer (for
Oxygen XML Developer).
- Linux - Remove the following directory from the
user home directory, depending on the product: .com.oxygenxml (for Oxygen
XML Editor), .com.oxygenxml.author (for Oxygen XML Author),
.com.oxygenxml.developer (for Oxygen XML Developer).
Uninstalling the Eclipse Plugin
The following procedure will remove the Oxygen XML Editor plugin from your system. It
will not remove the Eclipse platform. If you wish to uninstall Eclipse, refer to its
uninstall instructions.
- Choose the menu option Help > About > Installation
Details.
- Select Oxygen XML Editor plugin from the list of
plugins.
- Choose Uninstall.
- Accept the Eclipse restart.
- If you want to remove the user preferences:
- Windows - Remove the following directory depending
on the product: %APPDATA%\Roaming\com.oxygenxml (for Oxygen XML Editor),
%APPDATA%\Roaming\com.oxygenxml.author (for Oxygen XML Author),
%APPDATA%\Roaming\com.developer (for Oxygen XML Developer). Note that
%APPDAT% is usually [user-home-dir]\Application Data and it
is usually hidden.
- OS X - Remove the following directory from the user
home folder, depending on the product: Library/Preferences/com.oxygenxml
(for Oxygen XML Editor), Library/Preferences/com.oxygenxml.author (for
Oxygen XML Author), Library/Preferences/com.oxygenxml.developer (for
Oxygen XML Developer).
- Linux - Remove the following directory from the
user home directory, depending on the product: .com.oxygenxml (for Oxygen
XML Editor), .com.oxygenxml.author (for Oxygen XML Author),
.com.oxygenxml.developer (for Oxygen XML Developer).