Can Matlab be started without certain toolboxes?

I have a license with multiple toolboxes, some of which I never need. Can I configure a start script that does not automatically load all the toolboxes?

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Why would you want to do that?

[Brian Donovan]

Why indeed. A majority of my work is within Matlab and not within the toolboxes. Mostly this is an academic pursuit, is it possible?

Answer 1

[Ghada Saleh]

Hi Brian,

You can remove the path of the toolbox that you do not want loaded from MATLAB search path. To find the path of all the toolboxes installed use the command:

>> path

To remove that path of a specific toolbox, use the command:

>> rmpath('put the path of the toolbox here')

For example, to remove the Wavelet Toolbox you can execute:

>> rmpath([matlabroot '\toolbox\wavelet\wavelet'])

In order to avoid executing this command every time you start MATLAB, either use savepath or add the 'rmpath' command in your 'startup.m' file.

In order to restore the path of a specific toolbox use addpath . Alternatively, you can restore the default paths of all your toolboxes using the commands:

>> restoredefaultpath
>> rehash toolboxcache

Please note that restoring the default toolboxes path will delete the path to any custom toolbox that you might have already added and you will have to re-add them.

I hope this helps.

Ghada