The creation of projects for web pages is very necessary to be able to have a website that is complete and also unique . Some people who don’t know much about programming and page codes use Eclipse IDE a lot to create their projects and also to customize the already created projects.

This peculiar program has connections with Java, C/C++ and PHP. That is why it is normal that many people want to download it. However, sometimes the Eclipse IDE may start to crash or we may see it as unnecessary for creating projects. If this is the case, the best thing to do is to delete or uninstall it from the computer. Next, we will show you how to uninstall the Eclipse IDE from your Windows 10 computer.

How to Uninstall Eclipse IDE in Windows 10 if the Remove Option Is Not Present

Index( )

1. How can Eclipse IDE be removed?
   1. Find app location
   2. Delete from eclipse root folder
2. How is the eclipse root folder located?
   1. From the shortcut
   2. executable file
3. Is it necessary to check that there are no Eclipse residues?
4. How to tell if Eclipse was removed completely?
5. What other option is there to remove Eclipse from Windows?
   1. Synaptic

How can Eclipse IDE be removed?

To remove the Eclipse IDE and any other program from the computer’s internal database, you can uninstall the program from its internal folder. Some programs can be removed from the Windows 10 control panel , but sometimes it’s better to do it from the internal program folder. Therefore, we will now see how to do this.

Find app location

If you want to remove the Eclipse IDE and all its features, you need to browse to the location of the application. Many times this can be found in the control panel . To uninstall this application using the control panel, you have to go to the Windows 10 start menu , then look for the option that says ‘Control Panel’ and press it.

When this window opens, go to the ‘Programs’ section, then click where it says ‘Programs and features’. Go find the ‘Eclipse IDE’, select it and click on the ‘Uninstall’ option. Doing all this would remove almost all the features of the Eclipse IDE.

Delete from eclipse root folder

To remove the Eclipse IDE from its root folder you must use the Windows 10 file explorer. First, look for the folder and try to locate an EXE that says ‘Uninstall’ which is the file that will help you remove the Eclipse IDE . Second, right click on that EXE and run it with administrator permissions. Third, check the program uninstall box, so you will uninstall the program and all its extensions and to finish click on ‘OK’.

Once the uninstallation of the program is complete, restart your computer and check that each of the program extensions has been removed correctly. It should be noted that if you want to enjoy the latest features that Microsoft offers , you will have to switch from Windows 10 to Windows 11 .

How is the eclipse root folder located?

We said before how to uninstall the Eclipse IDE program from its root folder, but we never mentioned how to find such a folder. Now, we will show you the two ways in which this folder can be found within the Windows 10 file explorer.

From the shortcut

If you have a shortcut to the program on your desktop, things will be much easier. In this case, all you have to do is go to your computer’s desktop , locate the Eclipse IDE shortcut, right-click on it and click the option that says ‘Open the location of this file’.

Clicking on ‘Open the location of this file’ will open a file explorer window showing the root folder of the ‘Eclipse IDE’ program. To finish, you only need to carry out the uninstallation process mentioned above.

executable file

Another way to find the Eclipse IDE root folder is by locating the Eclipse IDE executable file which can be found from the Windows start menu. To enter the root folder, you have to position yourself in the Windows start search engine and place the word ‘Eclipse IDE’.

In the search results you should be able to see the ‘Eclipse IDE’ executable file, to go to the root folder right click on it and click the ‘Open this file location’ option.

Is it necessary to check that there are no Eclipse residues?

Eclipse IDE extensions that you have previously installed may be extremely heavy or severely limit the performance of your computer . To check this type of thing, you must enter the control panel to see each of the installed programs. Then look for the extensions that the Eclipse IDE had and uninstall the ones that are still on the computer.

How to tell if Eclipse was removed completely?

The Eclipse IDE sometimes does not uninstall correctly due to problems on the computer or due to some problems in the program ‘s uninstall wizard . When Eclipse does not uninstall due to this type of problem, the solutions are: restart the computer and try to uninstall the program again.

If after having done all this you still can not uninstall the program , you will have to look for information on the Microsoft support page . There on that website, you will surely find information to solve the problem.

What other option is there to remove Eclipse from Windows?

Apart from using the control panel to uninstall Eclipse IDE or uninstalling it from the root folder, you can also remove this program using Synaptic. It is possible that you do not have the slightest idea what Synaptic is, but don’t worry about this as we will shortly show you what Synaptic is and how to delete Eclipse I DE with it.

Synaptic

Synaptic is an extra program that allows you to remove others that you don’t use or are no longer useful. When the control panel does not let you uninstall the program it is recommended that you try Synaptic to uninstall that program from your computer.

However, another reason why you may not be able to uninstall Eclipse is that you have a file open or are using one of its features . Whenever you want to uninstall a program, make sure that the program is not running background processes.