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JetBrains IDE trial reset windows
REM Delete eval folder with licence key and options.xml which contains a reference to it
for %%I in ("WebStorm", "IntelliJ", "CLion", "Rider", "GoLand", "PhpStorm", "Resharper", "PyCharm") do (
for /d %%a in ("%USERPROFILE%\.%%I*") do (
rd /s /q "%%a/config/eval"
del /q "%%a\config\options\other.xml"
)
)
REM Delete registry key and jetbrains folder (not sure if needet but however)
rmdir /s /q "%APPDATA%\JetBrains"
reg delete "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\JavaSoft" /f
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Does anyone know how to do it on macos?

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arfathyahiya commented Feb 21, 2026

working for Arch Linux!!!

#!/bin/bash

products=("WebStorm" "IntelliJIdea" "CLion" "Rider" "GoLand" "PhpStorm" "PyCharm")

for product in "${products[@]}"; do
    find ~/.config/JetBrains/ -maxdepth 1 -type d -name "${product}*" -exec rm -rf {}/eval \;
    
    find ~/.config/JetBrains/ -maxdepth 1 -type d -name "${product}*" -exec rm -f {}/options/other.xml \;
done

jetbrains_dirs=(
    ~/.cache/JetBrains
    ~/.local/share/JetBrains
    ~/.java/.userPrefs/jetbrains
    ~/.java/.userPrefs/prefs.xml
)

for dir in "${jetbrains_dirs[@]}"; do
    if [ -e "$dir" ]; then
        rm -rf "$dir"
    fi
done

find ~/ -type d -name ".JetBrains" -exec rm -rf {} + 2>/dev/null
find ~/ -type d -name ".idea" -exec rm -rf {} + 2>/dev/null

echo "Activated succesfull"

this works but also uninstalls all your plugins and reset your settings etc.
is there any way to keep plugins and other settings?
maybe not remove all of the cache?

UPDATE: No idea what happened but seems like pycharm is now crashing for some reason
UPDATE: After deleting the entire .config/JetBrains/PyCharm* it's working now
UPDATE: It only works for like one or two time then it crashes again. I think PyCharm is bugged on linuxmint?

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