'Can't Delete AVD from AVD Manager in Android Studio

I am running Android Studio on OS X Yosemite. I am trying to simply delete an AVD from Android Studio AVD Manager. Every time I attempt to delete it I get the message "The selected AVD is currently running in the Emulator. Please exit the emulator instance and try deleting again." The problem is that the emulator is NOT running. I even closed down all the studio and rebooted the computer. It still says the same thing. Anybody seen this before? I would really like to remove the AVD.

Thanks in Advance!

Solution 1:^[1]

Search for *.lock folders under .android folder and delete those. This should tell Android studio that the AVD is not running.

Solution 2:^[2]

To stop the emulator of android that is running background in the system and to delete the emulator just go the

C:\user\username\.android\avd

delete the folder and restart the IDE. Now when you go for the emulator AVD it will ask for the new AVD to create.

Solution 3:^[3]

On Android studio go to: Tool > Android > AVD Manager, on the action column you can delete your avd

Solution 4:^[4]

For Linux users:

Go to the .android folder (it should be in your home folder, ctrl+h to show hidden files), go to the avd folder (cd ~/.android/avd from the command line). Delete whichever avd you want to. Then restart Android Studio.

Solution 5:^[5]

In Linux/*nix and OSX:

Find the .android folder in your $HOME directory.

1) In .android there should be a avd folder 2) In the avd folder should be one or multiple .ini file and a corresponding *.avd virtual device folder. 3) Delete both the .ini file and the .avd folder you want to get rid of. 4) Return to the Android sdk and AVD manager.

Solution 6:^[6]

I had an issue were I couldn't delete the files in the folder located at:

C:\Users[your_comp_name_goes_here].android\avd[your_emulator_device]\hardware-qemu.ini.lock

You cannot delete this file even if you close AndroidStudio and some other bug sending programs that didn't even close after you close AndroidStudio

There is a file called 'pid' inside the hardware-qemu.ini.lock folder that you can open up with notepad and it gives you the number of the process number. Go into task manager>Details tab>order by PID by clicking on the columb>search for the PID>end process; The process name should be something like quemu?????.exe I think.

After that, your AndroidStudio will no longer be locked. Maybe you could of solved it with a restart too.

Solution 7:^[7]

Using command line, first lists all avd's and then you delete using the avd name, by example:

avdmanager -v list

avdmanager -v delete avd -n "android-26"

Solution 8:^[8]

For those asking about the location of .android folder. I found mine at this path

C:\Users\<Your_UserName>\ .android

then you will find an avd folder. This folder contain the *.lock files StoneBird talked about.

Solution 9:^[9]

A lot of people are perhaps not able to locate the '.android' folder easily. The easiest way to detect this folder and in turn the avd location is to click on the dropdown button next to the avd listing for each indiviual avd item in AVD Manager in android studio and selecting the "show on disk" option

Solution 10:^[10]

Find the process

ps -eaf | grep avd

Kill it

kill -9 <process id>

Solution 11:^[11]

MAC USERS

Steps

1. Go to AVD Device Directory

$ cd ~/.android/avd/<Device_Name>.avd

2. Delete *.lock files

$ rm *.lock

Example

$ cd ~/.android/avd/Pixel_5_API_31.avd
$ rm *.lock

Solution 12:^[12]

Click on avd manager icon when window opens there is drop down arrow on clicking it a drop down menu will open in that click the option view system file now left click on file click on data then delete pidgin file.

Solution 13:^[13]

Go to AVD manager and select emulator which gonna be delete an press OK For more information https://developer.android.com/studio/run/managing-avds

Solution 14:^[14]

On Android studio go to: Tool > Android > AVD Manager, on the action column you should click to "Stop" and after that you can delete that device

Solution 15:^[15]

Currently in AVD Manager it's also possible just to click Stop and will do it for you.

Then you just play the emulator again.

Solution 16:^[16]

if you are using linux distro

aseztak@kalyan:~$ top

find adb pid

Then you kill the PID you found (replace 1334 with the PID you found):

aseztak@kalyan:~$ kill 1334

Solution 17:^[17]

Recent versions of Android Studio on windows may place the avd folder in your C: directly.

C:\Android\.android

You can look for avd folder in here if you can't find it in the home directory,

C:\Users\%USERNAME%\.android

(Yea, you can directly paste this in the address bar, windows understands.)

After getting to the avd folder, as others have said, delete the *.lock folders or delete the folder with the name of avd which is causing issues, refresh the avd manager using the refresh button at the bottom right and then delete the avd from the avd manager.

Solution 18:^[18]

The issue is Android Studio didn't pick the command and shows xx Device is running in the background. The only solution is to delete the Emulator manually.

Select tools from the upper options of Android studio, select the SDK Manager, and delete the emulator from there. It will work for sure.
After deleting from SDK Manager, now delete the Emulator from Device Manager and it will get vanished in matter of seconds.

Solution 19:^[19]

If you're not founding the .android you can restart your computer and the emulator will stop. So you can delete the AVD :)

Sources

This article follows the attribution requirements of Stack Overflow and is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.

Source: Stack Overflow

Solution	Source
Solution 1	StoneBird
Solution 2	Bojan Kseneman
Solution 3	Tincho825
Solution 4
Solution 5	Natraj
Solution 6	fewef
Solution 7
Solution 8	Sayok Majumder
Solution 9	Speedy11
Solution 10	vishalknishad
Solution 11	Ziwon
Solution 12	Abhishek Chauhan
Solution 13	sukhbeer
Solution 14	Denis Getman
Solution 15	victorkurauchi
Solution 16	Zoe stands with Ukraine
Solution 17	cryo
Solution 18	Rehan Hamayun
Solution 19	Andrey Torres de Lima

'Can't Delete AVD from AVD Manager in Android Studio

Solution 1:[1]

Solution 2:[2]

Solution 3:[3]

Solution 4:[4]

Solution 5:[5]

Solution 6:[6]

Solution 7:[7]

Solution 8:[8]

Solution 9:[9]

Solution 10:[10]

Solution 11:[11]