IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition

A guide to uninstall IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition from your system

IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition is a Windows application. Read below about how to remove it from your PC. It is developed by JetBrains s.r.o.. Check out here where you can get more info on JetBrains s.r.o.. The application is frequently found in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition directory (same installation drive as Windows). The application's main executable file has a size of 929.38 KB (951688 bytes) on disk and is labeled idea64.exe.

IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition contains of the executables below. They take 14.19 MB (14879168 bytes) on disk.

• elevator.exe (164.39 KB)
• fsnotifier.exe (136.89 KB)
• idea64.exe (929.38 KB)
• launcher.exe (134.89 KB)
• repair.exe (10.32 MB)
• restarter.exe (113.89 KB)
• runnerw.exe (151.89 KB)
• WinProcessListHelper.exe (250.41 KB)
• jabswitch.exe (45.89 KB)
• jaccessinspector.exe (105.91 KB)
• jaccesswalker.exe (70.90 KB)
• java.exe (34.38 KB)
• javac.exe (24.88 KB)
• javadoc.exe (24.89 KB)
• javaw.exe (34.38 KB)
• jcef_helper.exe (585.90 KB)
• jcmd.exe (24.88 KB)
• jdb.exe (24.88 KB)
• jfr.exe (24.88 KB)
• jhsdb.exe (24.88 KB)
• jinfo.exe (24.88 KB)
• jmap.exe (24.88 KB)
• jps.exe (24.88 KB)
• jrunscript.exe (24.89 KB)
• jstack.exe (24.88 KB)
• jstat.exe (24.88 KB)
• keytool.exe (24.89 KB)
• kinit.exe (24.88 KB)
• klist.exe (24.88 KB)
• ktab.exe (24.88 KB)
• rmiregistry.exe (24.90 KB)
• serialver.exe (24.89 KB)
• cyglaunch.exe (27.75 KB)
• winpty-agent.exe (729.26 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 2023.3.1 of IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition. You can find below a few links to other IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition versions:

• 2023.2.5
• 2023.2.3
• 2024.2.3
• 2023.1.1
• 2024.1
• 2024.2.0.1
• 2024.1.5
• 2022.2.3
• 2023.2.1
• 2024.1.2
• 2023.3.4
• 2024.1.1
• 2024.1.4
• 2023.1.5
• 2023.3.2
• 2023.2
• 2024.2.0.2
• 2024.2.4
• 2024.3
• 2024.1.3
• 2023.3
• 2024.2.1
• 2023.3.3
• 171.4249.39
• 2023.2.4
• 2023.2.2

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When planning to uninstall IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Folders that were found:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition

Files remaining:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\$PLUGINSDIR\AccessControl.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\$PLUGINSDIR\Desktop.ini
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\$PLUGINSDIR\ExecDos.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\$PLUGINSDIR\InstallOptions.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\$PLUGINSDIR\modern-header.bmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\$PLUGINSDIR\modern-wizard.bmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\$PLUGINSDIR\nsDialogs.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\$PLUGINSDIR\ShellLink.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\$PLUGINSDIR\StartMenu.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\$PLUGINSDIR\System.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\$PLUGINSDIR\UAC.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\$PLUGINSDIR\UninstallOldVersions.ini
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\bin\appletviewer.policy
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\bin\breakgen.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\bin\breakgen64.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\bin\breakgen64a.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\bin\brokenPlugins.db
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\bin\defender-exclusions.ps1
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\bin\elevator.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\bin\format.bat
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\bin\fsnotifier.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\bin\fsnotifier-wsl
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\bin\idea.bat
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\bin\idea.ico
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\bin\idea.properties
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\bin\idea.svg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\bin\idea64.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\bin\inspect.bat
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\bin\launcher.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\bin\ltedit.bat
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\bin\msvcp140.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\bin\repair.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\bin\restarter.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\bin\runnerw.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\bin\Uninstall.exe.nsis
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\bin\WinProcessListHelper.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\bin\WinShellIntegrationBridge.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\bin\wslhash
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\bin\wslproxy
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\build.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-core-console-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-core-datetime-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-core-debug-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-core-handle-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-core-memory-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-core-namedpipe-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-core-processenvironment-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-core-profile-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-core-rtlsupport-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-core-string-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-core-util-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-crt-private-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-crt-process-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\jbr\bin\attach.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\jbr\bin\awt.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\jbr\bin\chrome_elf.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\jbr\bin\d3dcompiler_47.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\jbr\bin\dt_shmem.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\jbr\bin\dt_socket.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\jbr\bin\fontmanager.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\jbr\bin\freetype.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\jbr\bin\gluegen_rt.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\jbr\bin\icudtl.dat
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\jbr\bin\instrument.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\jbr\bin\j2gss.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\jbr\bin\j2pcsc.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\jbr\bin\j2pkcs11.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\jbr\bin\jaas.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\jbr\bin\jabswitch.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\jbr\bin\jaccessinspector.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\jbr\bin\jaccesswalker.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\jbr\bin\java.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\jbr\bin\java.exe

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following keys will not be removed; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\JetBrains Toolbox (IDEA-C) 833a8f4c-73a7-440e-9e74-80359434311c
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\JetBrains\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition

Use regedit.exe to delete the following additional registry values from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\bin\idea64.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\bin\idea64.exe.FriendlyAppName

A way to uninstall IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition is an application released by the software company JetBrains s.r.o.. Some users choose to remove this application. This is hard because removing this by hand requires some knowledge related to Windows internal functioning. One of the best QUICK way to remove IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and general tool to take care of your PC.

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2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire the program's design and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good program.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the applications existing on the PC will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition or simply click the Search feature and type in "IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition". If it exists on your system the IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition program will be found automatically. When you click IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition in the list of apps, the following information about the application is available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other people have about IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the application you are about to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will show up. Confirm the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition.


8. After removing IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

Your computer will remain clean, speedy and able to serve you properly.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition by JetBrains s.r.o. from your PC, we are not saying that IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition by JetBrains s.r.o. is not a good application for your PC. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition supposing you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.