How to uninstall an extension

Involute · 14 Apr 2016, 14:36

I'd like to unininstall an extension. I logged into the Extension Warehouse in SU 2016 Pro (Windows) but none of my extensions are listed under My Extensions. How can I uninstall the one I want to get rid of? Thanks.

juju · 14 Apr 2016, 15:09

the uninstallation process is driven from the Sketchup installation on your local machine.

Rich O Brien · 14 Apr 2016, 15:17

Disable it from the Preference Menu > Extensions

This will prevent it loading.

Involute · 14 Apr 2016, 16:59

Got it. Thanks.

TIG · 14 Apr 2016, 17:52

The 'SketchUcation Toolset' also has an 'Uninstaller' in its submenu.

If you use that tool it renames the 'loader' .RB in your Plugins folder as .RBX so it then no longer loads or even gets listed in the disabled plugins in the 'SketchUcation Plugins Manager'.
Provided that the RBX still exists it appears in the 'Unistaller' dialog and can be 'reinstalled' if desired.

However if you open your Plugins folder [also possible by using the SketchUcation Toolset's submenu item] and find the now uninstalled RBX version and delete that file it's no longer listed.
For tidiness you might also want to find any matching subfolder using the same name [common in many newer Extensions], and delete that too...

Of course, to see these changes you'll need to restart SketchUp, because dynamic unloading an extension etc is NOT possible within a current session...