How to uninstall Genymotion Desktop completely (purge)?

3 years ago • Updated

To purge Genymotion Desktop, follow the procedure corresponding to your operating system:

Windows

1. Remove all virtual devices (right-click on the virtual device > Delete).

2. Open Control Panel > Programs and Features.

3. Right-click on the Genymotion Desktop application and select Uninstall.

4. Follow the uninstallation steps.

5. Delete the directory %LOCALAPPDATA%\Genymobile.

6. Run regedit and delete the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Genymobile.

Note: To remove all programs used by Genymotion Desktop, you may also uninstall the VirtualBox application from Control Panel > Programs and Features.

macOS

1. Remove all virtual devices (right-click on the virtual device > Delete).

2. Open Applications.

3. Drag and drop the Genymotion Desktop application to the trash folder.

4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for the Genymotion Shell application.

5. Delete Genymotion Desktop data directories by running:

rm -rf $HOME/.Genymobile

rm -rf ~/Library/Preferences/com.genymobile.Genymotion.plist

rm -rf ~/Library/Saved\ Application\ State/com.genymobile.genymotion.savedState

Note: To remove all programs used by Genymotion Desktop, you may also uninstall VirtualBox application. In this case, repeat steps 2 and 3 for VirtualBox.

Linux

1. Remove all virtual devices (right-click on the virtual device > Delete).

2. Delete Genymotion Desktop installation directory. If installed in your home folder, use this command:

rm -r $HOME/genymotion

If installed in a different folder, replace $HOME by Genymotion Desktop installation full path.

Important: If you installed Genymotion Desktop for all users, with sudo, you need to delete the /opt/genymobile folder with command

sudo rm -rf /opt/genymobile

3. Delete Genymotion Desktop local data directories by running:

rm -rf $HOME/.Genymobile $HOME/.config/Genymobile/Genymotion.conf

4. Delete Genymotion Desktop launcher:

sudo rm -f /usr/share/applications/genymobile-genymotion.desktop

Note: To remove all programs used by Genymotion Desktop, you may also uninstall VirtualBox.

[Note: This article was last updated by Genymotion Help Center.]