How to uninstall Go?

I tried the answer here https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35643576/removed-golang-but-go-command-still-works, but it didn't work (I can still run go)

Currently, when I run which go I see this output

/usr/local/go/bin/go

I think I had two installations of go as my GOPATH was pointing to another folder named gocode. I've now removed that folder, and the usr/local/go/bin/go folder.

I've also removed my GOPATH. However, I can still run go.

How do I uninstall go?

Update August 2019

Found the official uninstall docs worked as expected (on Mac OSX).

$ which go
/usr/local/go/bin/go

In summary, to uninstall:

$ sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go
$ sudo rm /etc/paths.d/go

Then, did a fresh install with homebrew using brew install go. Now, i have:

 $ which go
/usr/local/bin/go

You might try

rm -rvf /usr/local/go/

then remove any mention of go in e.g. your ~/.bashrc; then you need at least to logout and login.

However, be careful when doing that. You might break your system badly if something is wrong.

^{PS. I am assuming a Linux or POSIX system.}

I'm using Ubuntu. I spent a whole morning fixing this, tried all different solutions, when I type go version, it's still there, really annoying...
Finally this worked for me, hope this will help!

sudo apt-get remove golang-go
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove golang-go

On a Mac-OS system

1. If you have used an installer, you can uninstall golang by using the same installer.
2. If you have installed from source

   rm -rf /usr/local/go
   rm -rf $(echo $GOPATH)
   

Then, remove all entries related to go i.e. GOROOT, GOPATH from ~/.bash_profile and run

source ~/.bash_profile

On a Linux system

rm -rf /usr/local/go
rm -rf $(echo $GOPATH)

Then, remove all entries related to go i.e. GOROOT, GOPATH from ~/.bashrc and run

source ~/.bashrc

Update (Sep, 2022)

The official page has changed path for the uninstallation help along with the help text. Here is what it says now.

> ### Uninstalling Go
> You can remove Go from your system using the steps
> described in this topic.
>
> #### Linux / macOS / FreeBSD
> 1. Delete the go directory.
> This is usually
> /usr/local/go.
>
> 2. Remove the Go bin directory from your PATH environment variable.
> Under Linux and FreeBSD, edit /etc/profile or $HOME/.profile. If you
> installed Go with the macOS package, remove the /etc/paths.d/go file.
>
> #### Windows
> The simplest way to remove Go is via Add/Remove Programs in
> the Windows control panel:
>
> 1. In Control Panel, double-click Add/Remove Programs.
> 2. In Add/Remove
> Programs, select Go Programming Language, click Uninstall, then follow
> the prompts.
>
> For removing Go with tools, you can also use the command
> line:
>
> * Uninstall using the command line by running the following command:
> msiexec /x go{{version}}.windows-{{cpu-arch}}.msi /q
> Note: Using this
> uninstall process for Windows will automatically remove Windows
> environment variables created by the original installation.

Original Answer

From the official install page -

> To remove an existing Go installation from your system delete the go
> directory. This is usually /usr/local/go under Linux, macOS, and
> FreeBSD or c:\Go under Windows.
>
> You should also remove the Go bin directory from your PATH environment
> variable. Under Linux and FreeBSD you should edit /etc/profile or
> $HOME/.profile. If you installed Go with the macOS package then you
> should remove the /etc/paths.d/go file. Windows users should read the
> section about setting environment variables under Windows.

For Windows 10:

1. Go to Apps in the Settings App.
2. Look for Go Programming Language * in the list and uninstall it.
3. Remove C:\Go\bin from your PATH environment variable (only if you don't plan on installing another version of golang)

Use this command to uninstall Golang for Ubuntu.

This will remove just the golang-go package itself.

sudo apt-get remove golang-go

Uninstall golang-go and its dependencies:

sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove golang-go

I just have to answer here after reading such super-basic advice in the other answers.

For MacOS the default paths are:

1. /user/bracicot/go (working dir)
2. /usr/local/go (install dir)

When uninstalling remove both directories.
If you've installed manually obviously these directories may be in other places.

One script I came across installed to /usr/local/.go/ a hidden folder because of permissioning... this could trip you up.

In terminal check:

echo $GOPATH
echo $GOROOT
#and
go version

For me after deleting all go folders I was still getting a go version.

Digging through my system path echo $PATH

/Users/bracicot/google-cloud-sdk/bin:/usr/local/bin:

revealed some places to check for still-existing go files such as /usr/local/bin

> Another user mentioned: /etc/paths.d/go

You may also want to remove GOPATH and GOROOT environment variables.
Check .zshsrc and or .bash_profile.
Or you can unset GOPATH and unset GOROOT

To uninstall go on MacOS, do this:
On the terminal type which go it will; return a path like this /usr/local/go/bin/go
Go to the root folder of go which is /usr/local/go/ and type on the terminal rm -rf /usr/local/go/ . you may get permission denied depending on your system setup, so the command should be prefixed with sudo like this

sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go/

It will request for your password, just enter it.

sudo apt-get remove golang-go
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove golang-go

This is perfect for Ubuntu 18.18

On a Mac-OS Catalina

1. need to add sudo before rm -rf /usr/local/go sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go
   otherwise, we will run into permission denial.

2. sudo vim ~/.profile or sudo ~/.bash_profile remove export PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/BIN or anything related to
   go lang

3. If you use Zsh shell, then you need to remove the above line to ~/.zshrc file.

Hope it helps you

In MacOS, you can just do it with brew:

brew uninstall go
brew install go
brew upgrade go

On linux we can do like this to remove go completely:

rm -rf "/usr/local/.go/"
rm -rf "/usr/local/go/"

These two command remove go and hidden .go files. Now we also have to update entries in shell profile.

Open your basic file. Mostly I open like this sudo gedit ~/.bashrc and remove all go mentions.

You can also do by sed command in ubuntu

sed -i '/# GoLang/d' .bashrc
sed -i '/export GOROOT/d' .bashrc
sed -i '/:$GOROOT/d' .bashrc
sed -i '/export GOPATH/d' .bashrc
sed -i '/:$GOPATH/d' .bashrc

It will remove Golang from everywhere. Also run this after running these command

source ~/.bash_profile

Tested on linux 18.04 also. That's All.

1. Go to the directory

   cd /usr/local
   

2. Remove it with super user privileges

   sudo rm -rf go
   

only tab
rm -rvf /usr/local/go/
not works well, but
sudo rm -rvf /usr/local/go/
do.