How to uninstall Go? - go

Question

I tried the answer here Removed golang but go command still works?, but it didn't work (I can still run go)
Currently, when I run which go I see this output
/usr/local/go/bin/go
I think I had two installations of go as my GOPATH was pointing to another folder named gocode. I've now removed that folder, and the usr/local/go/bin/go folder.
I've also removed my GOPATH. However, I can still run go.
How do I uninstall go?

Answer 1

Update August 2019
Found the official uninstall docs worked as expected (on Mac OSX).
$ which go
/usr/local/go/bin/go
In summary, to uninstall:
$ sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go
$ sudo rm /etc/paths.d/go
Then, did a fresh install with homebrew using brew install go. Now, i have:
$ which go
/usr/local/bin/go

Answer 2

You might try
rm -rvf /usr/local/go/
then remove any mention of go in e.g. your ~/.bashrc; then you need at least to logout and login.
However, be careful when doing that. You might break your system badly if something is wrong.
PS. I am assuming a Linux or POSIX system.

Answer 3

I'm using Ubuntu. I spent a whole morning fixing this, tried all different solutions, when I type go version, it's still there, really annoying...
Finally this worked for me, hope this will help!
sudo apt-get remove golang-go
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove golang-go

Answer 4

On a Mac-OS system
If you have used an installer, you can uninstall golang by using the same installer.
If you have installed from source
rm -rf /usr/local/go
rm -rf $(echo $GOPATH)
Then, remove all entries related to go i.e. GOROOT, GOPATH from ~/.bash_profile and run
source ~/.bash_profile
On a Linux system
rm -rf /usr/local/go
rm -rf $(echo $GOPATH)
Then, remove all entries related to go i.e. GOROOT, GOPATH from ~/.bashrc and run
source ~/.bashrc

Answer 5

For Windows 10:
Go to Apps in the Settings App.
Look for Go Programming Language * in the list and uninstall it.
Remove C:\Go\bin from your PATH environment variable (only if you don't plan on installing another version of golang)

Answer 6

Update (Sep, 2022)
The official page has changed path for the uninstallation help along with the help text. Here is what it says now.
Uninstalling Go
You can remove Go from your system using the steps
described in this topic.
Linux / macOS / FreeBSD
Delete the go directory.
This is usually
/usr/local/go.
Remove the Go bin directory from your PATH environment variable.
Under Linux and FreeBSD, edit /etc/profile or $HOME/.profile. If you
installed Go with the macOS package, remove the /etc/paths.d/go file.
Windows
The simplest way to remove Go is via Add/Remove Programs in
the Windows control panel:
In Control Panel, double-click Add/Remove Programs.
In Add/Remove
Programs, select Go Programming Language, click Uninstall, then follow
the prompts.
For removing Go with tools, you can also use the command
line:
Uninstall using the command line by running the following command:
msiexec /x go{{version}}.windows-{{cpu-arch}}.msi /q
Note: Using this
uninstall process for Windows will automatically remove Windows
environment variables created by the original installation.
Original Answer
From the official install page -
To remove an existing Go installation from your system delete the go
directory. This is usually /usr/local/go under Linux, macOS, and
FreeBSD or c:\Go under Windows.
You should also remove the Go bin directory from your PATH environment
variable. Under Linux and FreeBSD you should edit /etc/profile or
$HOME/.profile. If you installed Go with the macOS package then you
should remove the /etc/paths.d/go file. Windows users should read the
section about setting environment variables under Windows.

Answer 7

Use this command to uninstall Golang for Ubuntu.
This will remove just the golang-go package itself.
sudo apt-get remove golang-go
Uninstall golang-go and its dependencies:
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove golang-go

Answer 8

To uninstall go on MacOS, do this:
On the terminal type which go it will; return a path like this /usr/local/go/bin/go
Go to the root folder of go which is /usr/local/go/ and type on the terminal rm -rf /usr/local/go/ . you may get permission denied depending on your system setup, so the command should be prefixed with sudo like this
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go/
It will request for your password, just enter it.

Answer 9

sudo apt-get remove golang-go
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove golang-go
This is perfect for Ubuntu 18.18

Answer 10

On a Mac-OS Catalina
need to add sudo before rm -rf /usr/local/go sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go
otherwise, we will run into permission denial.
sudo vim ~/.profile or sudo ~/.bash_profile remove export PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/BIN or anything related to
go lang
If you use Zsh shell, then you need to remove the above line to ~/.zshrc file.
Hope it helps you :)

Answer 11

I just have to answer here after reading such super-basic advice in the other answers.
For MacOS the default paths are:
/user/bracicot/go (working dir)
/usr/local/go (install dir)
When uninstalling remove both directories.
If you've installed manually obviously these directories may be in other places.
One script I came across installed to /usr/local/.go/ a hidden folder because of permissioning... this could trip you up.
In terminal check:
echo $GOPATH
echo $GOROOT
#and
go version
For me after deleting all go folders I was still getting a go version.
Digging through my system path echo $PATH
/Users/bracicot/google-cloud-sdk/bin:/usr/local/bin:
revealed some places to check for still-existing go files such as /usr/local/bin
Another user mentioned: /etc/paths.d/go
You may also want to remove GOPATH and GOROOT environment variables.
Check .zshsrc and or .bash_profile.
Or you can unset GOPATH and unset GOROOT

Answer 12

In MacOS, you can just do it with brew:
brew uninstall go
brew install go
brew upgrade go

Answer 13

On linux we can do like this to remove go completely:
rm -rf "/usr/local/.go/"
rm -rf "/usr/local/go/"
These two command remove go and hidden .go files. Now we also have to update entries in shell profile.
Open your basic file. Mostly I open like this sudo gedit ~/.bashrc and remove all go mentions.
You can also do by sed command in ubuntu
sed -i '/# GoLang/d' .bashrc
sed -i '/export GOROOT/d' .bashrc
sed -i '/:$GOROOT/d' .bashrc
sed -i '/export GOPATH/d' .bashrc
sed -i '/:$GOPATH/d' .bashrc
It will remove Golang from everywhere. Also run this after running these command
source ~/.bash_profile
Tested on linux 18.04 also. That's All.

Answer 14

only tab
rm -rvf /usr/local/go/
not works well, but
sudo rm -rvf /usr/local/go/
do.

Answer 15

Go to the directory
cd /usr/local
Remove it with super user privileges
sudo rm -rf go