How To: Uninstall Eclipse Plugin

by Venu on September 18, 2009

In the latest Eclipse i.e Eclipse 3.5 a.k.a Galileo, the plugin management module has been updated and so is the way one can uninstall a plugin.

To uninstall a plugin

  1. Click on Help -> About Eclipse
  2. Click on Installation Details button
     
  3. Select the plugin which you wish to remove and click on Uninstall

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