R Studio - data in Global Environment automatically loads on startup - how to remove

Question

When exiting R Studio, I'm usually prompted to Save workspace image to ~/.RData. I accidentally clicked Save at some point, and now my Global Environment automatically loads several functions and datasets when I open R Studio. I now have to clear all objects from the workspace when I startup R Studio.

How do I remove the data (or setting) that automatically loads the saved data so that the data is not loaded on startup?

Answer 1

It told you the filename. Just delete that file, i.e. ~/.RData.

And you can set the default in RStudio not to restore the workspace: it's in Tools | Global options | General | Restore .RData into workspace at startup. There's another option to say not to store it.