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

Question

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)?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

Windows 10

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

Answer 3

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

Answer 4

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.

Answer 5

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.

Answer 6

For windows users

go to below path and delete desired plugins.

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

Answer 7

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.

Answer 8

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.

Answer 9

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.