How to uninstall code-server ? #1989

enniosousa · 2020-08-20T13:21:04Z

enniosousa
Aug 20, 2020

How to uninstall code-server ?

Remote OS: Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS
Remote Architecture:
code-server --version: v3.3.1
VS Code: v1.45.1

Answered by bpmct

Aug 23, 2020

You can just rm -r the code-server directory. It depends on where you installed it, but if you used the install script by default it'll be in ~/.local/lib/code-server-<version> and there will also be a binary symlink in ~/.local/bin/code-server you can remove.

If you want to delete settings and data as well you can remove ~/.local/share/code-server and ~/.config/code-server.
Source: #1946 (comment)

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aptalca · 2020-08-20T17:11:00Z

aptalca
Aug 20, 2020

How did you install it?

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icumessi Nov 15, 2025

you doodoo on the vagabon

rainmanjam · 2020-08-21T23:57:39Z

rainmanjam
Aug 21, 2020

I used the installation script.

curl -fsSL https://code-server.dev/install.sh | sh

How do you uninstall code-server?

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bpmct · 2020-08-23T22:57:19Z

bpmct
Aug 23, 2020
Maintainer

You can just rm -r the code-server directory. It depends on where you installed it, but if you used the install script by default it'll be in ~/.local/lib/code-server-<version> and there will also be a binary symlink in ~/.local/bin/code-server you can remove.

If you want to delete settings and data as well you can remove ~/.local/share/code-server and ~/.config/code-server.
Source: #1946 (comment)

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0xSeanll · 2020-12-27T06:07:44Z

0xSeanll
Dec 27, 2020

For people using install script, the directory has changed to /usr/lib/code-server.

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ghost · 2021-12-12T13:16:36Z

ghost
Dec 12, 2021

rm -rf /usr/lib/code-server/
rm -rf $HOME/.config/code-server/
rm -rf $HOME/.cache/code-server
rm -f $HOME/.local/share/code-server
rm -f $HOME/.local/bin/code-server
rm -f $HOME/.local/lib/code-server-*

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im-coder-lg Dec 12, 2021

rm -rf /usr/lib/code-server/
rm -rf $HOME/.config/code-server/
rm -rf $HOME/.cache/code-server
rm -f $HOME/.local/share/code-server
rm -f $HOME/.local/bin/code-server
rm -f $HOME/.local/lib/code-server-*

This could be better, so that users don't nee to run additional commands over each other.

ghost Dec 12, 2021

Thanks, fixed.

jmkim Dec 26, 2021

rm -rf $HOME/.local/share/code-server/ instead of rm -f $HOME/.local/share/code-server. It is a directory for user preferences and extensions.

daanta-real Jun 16, 2023

I love you.

erbanku · 2022-02-02T13:32:06Z

erbanku
Feb 2, 2022

Uninstall code-server (from the official document)

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OmarLaham Feb 12, 2023

Great one! Thanks =)

rrkroms · 2022-07-27T20:25:28Z

rrkroms
Jul 27, 2022

You can just remove( rm -r ) the code-server directory. It depends on where you installed it, but if you used the install script by default it'll be in ~/.local/lib/code-server- and there will also be a binary symlink in ~/.local/bin/code-server you can remove.

If you want to delete settings and data as well you can remove ~/.local/share/code-server and ~/.config/code-server , ~.cache/code-server.

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marcosadsj · 2023-11-07T19:11:01Z

marcosadsj
Nov 7, 2023

[WSL 2]

i just deleted the bin folder using command sudo rm -R /home/mysusername/.vscode-server/bin/ and then I ran code .

As a result VSCode reinstalled along with all my data and installed extensions:

Installing VS Code Server for x64 (2b35e1e6d88f1ce073683991d1eff5284a32690f)
Downloading: 100%
Unpacking: 100%
Unpacked 1522 files and folders to /home/mysusername/.vscode-server/bin/2b35e1e6d88f1ce073683991d1eff5284a32690f.

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tteck Nov 7, 2023

try dpkg -r code-server

marcosadsj Nov 8, 2023

The solution that I wrote above worked for me. But anyway, thank you @tteck

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