Software: # android studio app /Applications/Android Studio.app Finder / Applications / select app / Command + Delete ( windows key + Backspace ) / Trash Can / Empty Trash after del in Finder: (removed successfully, it take no time, very very FAST) @MINI-> ls -l /Applications/Android* # ls: No match. SDK: #software development kit /Users/cpfongsmacmini/Library/Android/sdk after del in Finder # MINI-> ls Library/Android/ # sdk still exists, so need to remove manually @MINI-> pwd @MINI-> rm -fr Android/ MISC: /Users/cpfongsmacmini/.gradle #makefile /Users/cpfongsmacmini/.android #virtual devices /Users/cpfongsmacmini/Library/Preferences/com.google.android.studio.plist /Users/cpfongsmacmini/Library/Caches/Android Open Source Project after del in Finder # still exists these, i need to remove them all @MINI-> pwd # /Users/cpfongsmacmini @MINI-> rm -fr .gradle/; rm -fr ./.android/; rm -fr Library/Preferences/com.google.android.studio.plist rm -fr './Library/Caches/Android Open Source Project/' personal Project: /Users/cpfongsmacmini/AndroidStudioProjects #personal project after del in Finder # still exists these, i need to remove them all @MINI-> rm -fr AndroidStudioProjects/ #now do install .... --------- double click .dmg file, then use mouse hold drag icon to Applications (note: air (mac NB) is M1 cpu, mini is intel cpu, do NOT mix it up) @MINI-> ls /Applications/ |grep And Android Studio.app #app installED ok @MINI-> ls Library/ |grep An #NONE 1st run missing SDK SDK component setup (also note: setup directory is /Users/cpfongsmacmini/Library/Android/sdk) 1 android sdk 368M 2 API 32 120M Setup Type: Standard SDK Folder: /Users/cpfongsmacmini/Library/Android/sdk JDK Location: /Applications/Android Studio.app/Contents/jre/Contents/Home Total Download Size: 588 MB Android Emulator 299 MB Android SDK Build-Tools 32 50.4 MB Android SDK Build-Tools 32.1-rc1 56.7 MB Android SDK Platform 32 63 MB Android SDK Platform-Tools 18.5 MB Android SDK Tools 98.2 MB SDK Patch Applier v4 1.74 MB android-sdk-licences (accept) android-sdk-preview-licences (accept) 1st proj take lots of time download Gradle and java files check SDK manager: only Android API 32 is installed (only one is enough) goto device manager: select R (api level 30) X86 android 11 / download / start downloading ...