How do I remove java properly from my mac?

Question

so I am on a mac and I wanted to remove java, as I do not need it on my computer. I have seen this and it doesn't work: the version I wanted to remove still came up when I typed java -version or java --version and I don't think this should come up. Is there anyway to solve this?

Answer 1

Best way is to run the remove command (rm) as root or by using sudo (as opposed to removing Java tools from /usr/bin, which you should not do).

The specific steps are shown here on Oracle's site.