IntelliJ bad plugin how to start

Question

Hi I have just started using IntelliJ again and have version 9. I just installed the Mercurial plugin and now the ide won't start anymore. Has an error of

Fatal error initializing class com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.ActionManager:
java.lang.VerifyError: class com.dcx.hg.MercurialVcs overrides final method getName.()Ljava/lang/String;

I now know that I should be using the plugin hg4idea

Is there a way I can remove this plugin so I can start the ide, I am sure there must be..

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

I am running on a Mac, the Plugin directory is located in ~/Library/Application Support/IntelliJIDEA60/ You can just delete the offending plugin. Note, depending on your edition of the IDE, the directory may be different. For example, IdeaIC2016.3

Answer 2

Version 11 for Windows stores plugins also in c:\Users\<username>\.IntelliJIdea11\config\plugins\ so delete plugins from that location as suggested by @duffymo.

Answer 3

If you look in the directory where you installed IntelliJ, you'll see a /plugins directory. Perhaps if you delete the Mercurial plugin folder you'll be able to restart the UI. Worth a try. NOTE: Check here for OS/version related plugin path.