Remove unused IntelliJ IDEA features?

Question

Is there any possibility to remove unused features from IntelliJ IDEA 14?

Purpose:

• better performance
• ease of use

Some examples for unused features:

• File > New Project... - Griffon, Flash
• File > Settings... > Editor > Code Style - ActionScript, CoffeeScript, Gherkin
• Tools > Capture Memory Snapshot

Answer 1

Choose Menu File \ Settings... or press Ctrl+Alt+S. Choose Plugins, disable unnecessary plugin:

Then press Apply, OK, restart IntelliJ IDEA to feeling the difference. That help decrement IntelliJ IDEA's start up time, and increment performance (like suggest code , operation faster etc.)

Need speed up more? you see: http://hamletdarcy.blogspot.com/2008/02/10-tips-to-increase-intellij-idea.html

Reference: https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/help/enabling-and-disabling-plugins.html

Answer 2

There were 2 purposes in the question: performance & usability.

The first one already has some good answers.

Regarding the usability, it can be improved in IntelliJ IDEA 14.1.3. To achieve this, go to:

File > Settings... > Appearance & Behavior > Menus and Toolbars and remove the unused features. You can also add horizontal lines as separators in menus or change the items order.

I don't know if the performance is affected by this change.

Answer 3

As far as I know you can only do this by disabling built-in plugins in Settings > Plugins