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How to uninstall and re-install Appium

There are some cases we cannot define the rootcauses for iOS devices' issues. The best practice is to re-install Appium.

  1. To know how the Appium was installed, run the command which appium.
    which appiumAlternatively, you can navigate to Katalon Studio > Preferences > Preferences > Mobile > Appium Directory to check the current Appium path. Appium Directory
  2. Depending on the Appium installation path, you can determine whether Appium was installed with Homebrew or NPM.
    • From NPM: npm uninstall -g appium

    • From Home Brew: brew uninstall appium

  3. Reinstall the Appium by running: npm install -g appium