Android Studio on startup: "Missing essential plugin: org.jetbrains.android. Please reinstall Android Studio from scratch."

Question

I can't open Android Studio 2020.3.1 Arctic Fox. On Kubuntu 20.04. An error pops up:

"Missing essential plugin:

  org.jetbrains.android

Please reinstall Android Studio from scratch."

So far I have tried:

reinstallation + restart
Linux: ~/.local/share/Google/AndroidStudio4.2
rm -rf AndroidStudio4.2
rm -rf AndroidStudio2020.3
I tried to delete the file disabled_plugins.txt but for me, it does not occur.

I use toolbox-app.

UPDATE:

I installed a newer version (Android Studio 2021.1.1 Canary 6) and everything is working fine.

Does this answer your question? [Android Studio missing essential plugin org.jetbrains.android](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/61682609/android-studio-missing-essential-plugin-org-jetbrains-android) — miken32, Oct 18 '22 at 22:40

score 19 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 12 '21 at 21:32

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I faced this issue on AndroidStudio2020.3 version on Mac OS and I resolved it by doing these below steps:

Go to /Users/username/Library/Application Support/Google/AndroidStudio2020.3
Give the "ls -l" command to see the list of files and check if the "disabled_plugins.txt" file is present
if present delete the file by running "rm -Rf disabled_update.txt" command and this should fix the Missing essential plugin error for android studio.
Launch android studio and it should be running smoothly now.

answered Aug 12 '21 at 21:32

Chandu

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Tried the exact same steps and didn't work. – George Nov 17 '21 at 16:06
clearing all file contents will also work. – Sergio Nov 18 '21 at 22:39
Renamed `disabled_plugins.txt` and the error message is no more. Catalina, Arctic Fox 2020 3.1 Patch 4. Would be nice to know the what & why of the issue, though happy that it is resolved. – gatorback Jan 26 '22 at 19:26
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To me it worked, but instead of delete disabled_update I deleted disabled_plugins – Lucas B. Mar 30 '22 at 11:55
The path has changed. The new path is : /Users/USER_NAME/Library/Application Support/Google/AndroidStudioVERSION/ – sudip Jan 10 '23 at 08:47
saved my a** ! thanks ! – ether_joe Jul 13 '23 at 15:45

Majda · Answer 2 · 2021-12-22T20:42:24.487

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Go to ./.config/Google with cd ./.config/Google.
Remove AndroidStudio2020.3 with the command : rm -r AndroidStudio2020.3.
Run ./studio.sh and now it should work correctly

edited Dec 22 '21 at 20:42

answered Dec 22 '21 at 20:33

Majda

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 08 '21 at 08:49

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Well, I am a linux user too, Ubuntu user.
Is their Ubuntu Software or any other Software Store in Kubuntu? If yes, try installing Android Studio from there.

answered Aug 08 '21 at 08:49

Ubuntu

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Unfortunately the same issue, but thank you. – avocadoLambda Aug 10 '21 at 08:06

Richylaru · Answer 4 · 2022-04-12T20:40:38.857

On Macbook.

Followed the steps of ChandraGudimetla. Deleting the file did not work.

So I deleted the whole AndroidStudio directory. That worked.

i.e. Go to /Users/username/Library/Application Support/Google/AndroidStudio2020.3. [or whatever version is there]

From Majda post...for my version of AndroidStudio:

rm -r AndroidStudio2020.1

I had two versions Bumble and AndroidStudio4.1. Deleted both directories.

Android Studio on startup: "Missing essential plugin: org.jetbrains.android. Please reinstall Android Studio from scratch."

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