How to uninstall JDK on Mac OS?

For MacOS - Big Sur | Using Terminal

I was able to remove OpenJDK as per information provided in below link.

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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. The link structure changes slightly for some versions, but generally you can go to https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase, select your JDK release, and look for the "Install Guide" link in the Overview group.

For example:

• JDK 9
• JDK 10
• JDK 11

Also, the files in /usr/bin are not part of the JDK, so you don't really want to remove them. On a system that has never had the JDK installed:

$ ls -l /usr/bin/java
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  74 Sep 27 17:08 /usr/bin/java -> /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/Current/Commands/java

$ java -version
No Java runtime present, requesting install.

Apparently macOS includes a baseline version of the JDK, where each command is a stub that just prints this message and pops up a dialog in the GUI.

From the official Oracle manual.

Navigate to /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines and remove the directory whose name matches the following format:

/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdkmajor.minor.macro[_update].jdk

For example, to uninstall 8u6:

%rm -rf jdk1.8.0_06.jdk

Do not attempt to uninstall Java by removing the Java tools from /usr/bin. 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.

To remove system files you need to add sudo before rm -rf command.

If you want to remove JDK from mac you can use the following command:

cd /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/

and then use sudo to remove the jdk because you need root permissions to delete jdk from /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/. /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/ is owned by root.

sudo rm -rf jdk1.8.0_06.jdk

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