How to uninstall Genymotion Desktop completely (purge)?

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

Windows

Steps

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.

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

macOS

Steps

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


## Linux

### Steps
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:** <<<ROZZ-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`
<<</ROZZ-IMPORTANT>>>
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
``