How to uninstall Go?

Question

I tried the answer here Removed golang but go command still works?, but it didn't work (I can still run go)

Currently, when I run which go I see this output

/usr/local/go/bin/go 

I think I had two installations of go as my GOPATH was pointing to another folder named gocode. I've now removed that folder, and the usr/local/go/bin/go folder.

I've also removed my GOPATH. However, I can still run go.

How do I uninstall go?

Answer 1

Update August 2019

Found the official uninstall docs worked as expected (on Mac OSX).

$ which go /usr/local/go/bin/go 

In summary, to uninstall:

$ sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go $ sudo rm /etc/paths.d/go 

Then, did a fresh install with homebrew using brew install go. Now, i have:

 $ which go /usr/local/bin/go 

Answer 2

You might try

rm -rvf /usr/local/go/ 

then remove any mention of go in e.g. your ~/.bashrc; then you need at least to logout and login.

However, be careful when doing that. You might break your system badly if something is wrong.

^{PS. I am assuming a Linux or POSIX system.}