Can I uninstall specific MATLAB toolboxes on Linux or Unix?

I would like to remove the installation of a toolbox in a convenient way.

      rm -rf $MATLAB

removes the entire installation, but I would like to have a simplified option to remove specific toolboxes.

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

To uninstall MATLAB on UNIX or Linux, use the following command:

      rm -r $MATLABROOT

where $MATLABROOT is your root MATLAB directory.

To remove a toolbox, remove all files the toolbox directory with the command:

      rm -r $MATLABROOT/toolbox/<toolbox_name>

You may also want to remove the corresponding INCREMENT line in the license file. This file can be found in MATLAB's "etc" directory. Open this with a text editor (vi, pico, etc), locate the INCREMENT line that refers to the toolbox in question, and remove that section.