dmj111 · April 16, 2023 23:30 · Apr 26, 2014 · Apr 26, 2014
diff --git a/gistfile1.sh b/gistfile1.sh
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ $ rm ~/Library/Preferences/net.sourceforge.iTerm.plist
 
 # Now reload the configuration
 
+$ cd ~/Library/Preferences/
 $ defaults read com.googlecode.iterm2
 
 # Restart iTerm, and check the color-scheme list in the Preferences menu, you shouldn't see the old color-schemes now.
diff --git a/gistfile1.sh b/gistfile1.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# There was a day where I have too many color schemes in iTerm2 and I want to remove them all.
+# iTerm2 doesn't have "bulk remove" and it was literally painful to delete them one-by-one.
+
+# iTerm2 save it's preference in ~/Library/Preferences/com.googlecode.iterm2.plist in a binary format
+# What you need to do is basically copy that somewhere, convert to xml and remove color schemes in the xml files.
+
+$ cd /tmp/
+$ cp ~/Library/Preferences/com.googlecode.iterm2.plist .
+$ plutil -convert xml1 com.googlecode.iterm2.plist
+$ vi com.googlecode.iterm2.plist
+
+# Now remove the color schemes in the <key> and <dict> tags, 
+# to make it easier, record a macro in vi to remove the key (e.g: Desert/Solarized) using `dd`,
+# and then remove its color dict with `dat` (delete around tag), and repeat the macro until 
+# all color schemes you want to delete is gone.
+
+# Save the file, and copy it back:
+
+$ cp com.googlecode.iterm2.plist ~/Library/Preferences/
+
+# Note that iTerm2 has 'fallback' configuration in case something is wrong,
+# You might want to remove them as well:
+
+$ rm ~/Library/Preferences/iTerm2.plist
+$ rm ~/Library/Preferences/net.sourceforge.iTerm.plist
+
+# Now reload the configuration
+
+$ defaults read com.googlecode.iterm2
+
+# Restart iTerm, and check the color-scheme list in the Preferences menu, you shouldn't see the old color-schemes now.