Android Studio 4.1 keep showing plug in incompatible error even if that plugin was uninstalled

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I have updated Android Studio to version 4.1 (stable, macOS), then after I open the program it said:

Plugin Error: Plugin "Android WiFi ADB" is incompatible (supported only in IntelliJ IDEA).

I uninstalled that plugin and restart the IDE normally, but it still shows the same error every time I open the IDE even after the plugin was already uninstalled! Why does it do that? Does anyone know how to fix this (without reinstalling the entire program)?

score 29 · Answer 1 · edited Jan 18 '21 at 03:29

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Windows 10

Go to path %APPDATA%\Google\AndroidStudio4.1\plugins and remove manually undesired plugins folders and/or .jar files.

edited Jan 18 '21 at 03:29

Corbie

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answered Oct 19 '20 at 09:24

GAYTH BACCARI

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there is no folder/jar of such plugin – user924 Dec 15 '21 at 09:16

score 17 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 19 '20 at 06:17

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I fixed it! Look like the uninstall button in the plugin GUI screen is just for decoration purpose only, the plugin is still in the /Users/your_username/Library/Application Support/Google/AndroidStudio4.1/plugins. After removing the plugin folder manually everything is back to normal.

answered Oct 19 '20 at 06:17

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This solution works for MacOS. For Windows 10, GAYTH_BACCARI's solution is correct and for Linux, tsubus' solution should work. – Ridcully Oct 26 '20 at 12:38
there is no folder of such plugin – user924 Dec 15 '21 at 09:15
@user924 In mac, you can click `command + shift + .` in `your_username` folder to show `Library` folder. Then you can navigate as @chornerman answer. – Marfin. F Mar 10 '22 at 02:39
Or you can just navigate through finder by only navigate to `finder` -> `go` -> `go to folder` and then simply paste this`/Users/username/Library/Application Support/Google/` you didn't find it because your android studio might have different version. – Marfin. F Mar 10 '22 at 02:41

score 10 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 23 '20 at 06:42

Linux

I had the same issue, removing the unsupported plugins in the the config folder fixed it (you can also remove the entire configuration folder, a new one will be re-created).

For linux, the new configuration path is:

~/.config/Google/AndroidStudio4.1

There is also other non-configuration folders at the following paths:

~/.local/share/Google/AndroidStudio4.1

~/.cache/Google/AndroidStudio4.1

score 4 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 28 '21 at 17:12

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macOS

On Mac OS the path is different. Make your life easy and simply run this command in the Terminal after closing Android Studio:

rm -rf ~/Library/Application\ Support/Google/AndroidStudio4.1/plugins/AndroidWiFiADB

Now it's gone.

answered Feb 28 '21 at 17:12

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score 3 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 01 '21 at 11:48

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For windows users

go to below path and delete desired plugins.

C:\Users*username*\AppData\Roaming\Google\AndroidStudio4.1\plugins

answered Mar 01 '21 at 11:48

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score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Jul 11 '21 at 22:57

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Linux, JetBrains Toolbox:

Check ~/.local/share/JetBrains/Toolbox/apps/AndroidStudio

On my machine I went to ~/.local/share/JetBrains/Toolbox/apps/AndroidStudio/ch-0/202.7486908.plugins - I saw the plugin folders there and deleted them. Fixed the issue.

answered Jul 11 '21 at 22:57

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score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Jan 18 '21 at 12:37

just noticed on my mac that Android Studio 4.0 vs 4.1 are in different sub directories extra /Google path in 4.1

Android Studio 4.0
/Users/YOURUSERNAME/Library/Application Support/AndroidStudio4.0/plugins
Android Studio 4.1
/Users/YOURUSERNAME/Library/Application Support/Google/AndroidStudio4.1/plugins/

The plugin complained about "Activity Stack View" is in 4.1 plugins folder

Plugin Error: Plugin "Activity Stack View" is incompatible (supported only in IntelliJ IDEA).

I closed AS and moved folder out of plugins and restarted and error was gone.

Shubham · Answer 8 · 2021-12-14T05:48:55.907

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Linux, Android Studio

Deleting incompatible plugin folders in this path worked for me:

/home/Your_Name/.local/share/Google/AndroidStudio<version>

In case of multiple version folders delete plugin folder corresponding to your version. For me the version was 2020.3 and so the folder being AndroidStudio2020.3.

edited Dec 14 '21 at 05:48

answered Oct 31 '21 at 05:02

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score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Mar 10 '22 at 02:43

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For another plugin such as Android ADB WiFi or ADB Wifi I tried to install them but it does not work after removing plugin folder. In my case, I solved it by simply installing another plugin which named ADB Wi-Fi.

answered Mar 10 '22 at 02:43

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