I am having some low level issues with IntelliJ on my mac, I really want to just zero everything out and start over. But even after removing the application and re-installing it, IntelliJ still remembers things like what the last project was, what licensing key to use etc. Where is this information stored? And what is the best way to clear it out?
From the main menu, select File | Manage IDE Settings | Restore Default Settings. Alternatively, press Shift twice and type Restore default settings . Click Restore and Restart. The IDE will be restarted with the default configuration.
To clean up the local working copy, do one of the following: Select the desired file or directory in the Project tool window and choose Subversion | Cleanup from the context menu of the selection. Open the desired file in the editor and choose VCS | Subversion | Cleanup from the main menu.
Normally information like this will be found in one of the following places in OS X:
/Users/username/Library/Preferences/AppName
/Users/username/Library/Preferences/com.appname.plist
/Users/username/Library/Application Support/AppName
/Library/Preferences/AppName
/Library/Preferences/com.appname.plist
/Library/Application Support/AppName
If the app adheres to the standard OS X conventions you weill find info in one or all of these places. If it doesnt store here you might check for a /Users/username/.intellij
folder or something similar in your home directory
I just ran through this and here is the list of files that I had to delete for IntelliJ 13:
~/Library/Preferences/com.jetbrains.intellij.plist ~/Library/Preferences/com.jetbrains.intellij.plist.lockfile ~/Library/Preferences/IntelliJIdea13 ~/Library/Caches/IntelliJIdea13 ~/Library/Application Support/IntelliJIdea13 ~/Library/Caches/com.jetbrains.intellij ~/Library/Logs/IntelliJIdea13 ~/Library/Saved Application State/com.jetbrains.intellij.savedState
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