Delete a User Code Snippet in Xcode

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How ??? I can not delete a custom code snippet in Xcode.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/887404/whats-the-best-way-to-manage-code-snippets-on-xcode — Marek Sebera, May 07 '11 at 19:32
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5265448/remove-default-code-snippets-in-xcode-4 — Marek Sebera, May 07 '11 at 19:32

score 113 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 04 '11 at 19:15

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I did these steps :

Select needed code snippet and press Delete key.
A pop-up window will appear , and select Delete button.
Remember that : this action cannot be undone.

answered Nov 04 '11 at 19:15

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select snippet, delete-return (⌫↩) is the keyboard-fast way, but make sure you have the right thing selected ;) – Clay Bridges Mar 07 '14 at 15:49
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So simple that you don't get it. Thanks! – Paixsn Jul 25 '16 at 08:49
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I was trying to do this in Xcode 10, and it wasn't working. I closed the snippets library, reopened it and tried again. Eventually, it worked without having to restart Xcode. If It doesn't seem to work be persistent. – TMin Nov 22 '18 at 19:09
I had to delete all snippet's fields before being prompt the pop-ip window asking for confirmation of deletion. Weird. – Nicholas Allio Mar 19 '19 at 16:12

score 22 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 02 '11 at 21:32

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In the Library select the code snippet you want to delete and press Backspace. A confirm dialog will show up, click "Delete".

answered Sep 02 '11 at 21:32

alyoka

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score 5 · Answer 3 · edited Jun 28 '20 at 18:38

Good question, I haven't found a way to do it from within Xcode, but they can be deleted from the Finder. The snippets are stored at ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/UserData/CodeSnippets/. Each one is a separate file that you can delete. Unfortunately they're named with an ID and don't give an indication of which one is which. They're XML files though, so either use a text editor or QuickLook to see the contents and recognise them.

Also, I've had to restart Xcode in order to get the deleted snippets to no longer show up.

score 4 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 04 '11 at 15:33

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I was having trouble, and after messing around a bit it finally worked. You select the user snip and hit the delete key. I tried this multiple times but it didn't work initially. This may be due to me running a prerelease version of Xcode though.

answered Jul 04 '11 at 15:33

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 24 '19 at 16:24

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In Xcode 10, select snippet from snippet pop-up dialog.
Then press Shift+⌘
After that just confirm your removal.

Note: This process cannot be undo at this moment.

answered Jan 24 '19 at 16:24

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Mar 20 '19 at 13:43

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I was trying forever to delete the useless (to me) C++ ones, but apparently you can only delete the user-created ones in Xcode 10. Bummer.

answered Mar 20 '19 at 13:43

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score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Aug 14 '19 at 14:11

User-created code snippets are located in ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/UserData/CodeSnippets.

If your XCode UI for deletings snippets doesn't work as in my Xcode 10.2.1, you can navigate to this folder and either delete all user snippets with rm * or use some kind of cat/grep to find the ones you want to delete.

score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Nov 26 '19 at 12:18

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In xcode select the code snippet Delete title and shortcut and save it after that select the same and press delete a confirmation box pops up asking you to delete or cancel the code snippet.

answered Nov 26 '19 at 12:18

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Delete a User Code Snippet in Xcode

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