On a system that has never had the JDK installed: $ ls -l /usr/bin/java The link structure changes slightly for some versions, but generally you can go to, select your JDK release, and look for the 'Install Guide' link in the Overview group.Īlso, the files in /usr/bin are not part of the JDK, so you don't really want to remove them. This answer is correct for JDK 8, but it would be nice to point out that Oracle provides different instructions for each release of the JDK.
To remove system files you need to add sudo before rm -rf command. This directory is part of the system software and any changes will be reset by Apple the next time you perform an update of the OS. Navigate to /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines and remove the directory whose name matches the following format: /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/įor example, to uninstall 8u6: %rm -rf jdk1.8.0_06.jdkĭo not attempt to uninstall Java by removing the Java tools from /usr/bin.
