Toolbox App Help

Toolbox App installation

Manual installation

Install the Toolbox App

  1. Download the installer .exe from the Toolbox App web page.

  2. Run the installer and follow the wizard steps.

  3. After you run the Toolbox App, click its icon in the notification area and select which product you want to install.

    To install a specific version, click and select Available versions.

Log in to your JetBrains Account from the Toolbox App, and it will automatically activate the available licenses for any IDE that you install.

Install the Toolbox App

  1. Download the disk image .dmg from the Toolbox App web page.

  2. Mount the image and drag the JetBrains Toolbox application to the Applications folder.

  3. After you run the Toolbox App, click its icon in the main menu and select which product you want to install.

    To install a specific version, click and select Available versions.

Log in to your JetBrains Account from the Toolbox App, and it will automatically activate the available licenses for any IDE that you install.

Install the Toolbox App

  • x86_64:

    glibc 2.17 (Ubuntu 18.04 or higher)

  • arm64:

    glibc 2.29 (Ubuntu 20.04 or higher)

The following packages must be present: libxi6, libxrender1, libxtst6, mesa-utils, libfontconfig, libgtk-3-bin, tar, dbus-user-session.

  1. Download the tarball .tar.gz.

  2. Unpack the downloaded the Toolbox App distribution archive to the location where you want to install the application (<installation-directory>):

    tar -xvf jetbrains-toolbox-<version>.tar.gz -C <installation-directory>

  3. To start the application, open a console, navigate to the installation directory (cd into <installation-directory>), and run the following command:

    ./bin/jetbrains-toolbox

    This will initialize various Toolbox application files in the application directory:

    ~/.local/share/JetBrains/Toolbox

    Upon the first launch, the Toolbox App will also create a .desktop entry file in ~/.local/share/applications.

  4. Select the product that you want to install.

    To install a specific version, click and select Available versions.

Log in to your JetBrains Account from the Toolbox App, and it will automatically activate the available licenses for any IDE that you install.

Silent installation on Windows

If you want to automate the installation using third-party tools, you may need a silent installation. Starting with the JetBrains Toolbox version 2.4 on Windows OS, you can achieve this using CLI commands.

By default, only the installation is performed without launching the application. You can manage this behavior by setting an environment variable.

Set the environment variable to 1 to launch the Toolbox App after installation. A value of 0 equals the default state, and the Toolbox App will not launch after installation.

$env: START_JETBRAINS_TOOLBOX_AFTER_INSTALL=1

Install automatically with showing the UI installer

  • To install with the UI showing, use the /silent or /s argument. Even with the UI, no user interaction is required.

    Start-Process -FilePath ".\jetbrains-toolbox-<build>.exe" -ArgumentList "/silent"

Install automatically without showing the UI installer

  • The installation is run completely in the background.

    Start-Process -FilePath ".\jetbrains-toolbox-<build>.exe" -ArgumentList "/headless"

Uninstalling silently on Windows

Uninstall automatically with showing the UI installer

  • To uninstall with the UI showing, use the /silent or /s argument. Even with the UI, no user interaction is required.

    Start-Process -FilePath "C:\Users\$Env:USERNAME\AppData\Local\JetBrains\Toolbox\bin\Uninstall.exe" -ArgumentList "/silent"

Uninstall automatically without showing the UI installer

  • Uninstallation is run completely in the background.

    Start-Process -FilePath "C:\Users\$Env:USERNAME\AppData\Local\JetBrains\Toolbox\bin\Uninstall.exe" -ArgumentList "/headless"

Handling environment variables on Windows

Starting with the Toolbox App version 2.9, the application can be run in the following two modes:

  • Default mode: the IDEs launched from the Toolbox App receive the latest snapshot of environment variables, the same way as you would launch the IDE from the Start Menu, taskbar, desktop shortcut, and so on.

  • Environment inheritance mode: The Toolbox App passes its own environment to all launched IDEs.

    To activate this mode, set the JETBRAINS_TOOLBOX_INHERIT_ENV environment variable.

    Check the following example:

    set JETBRAINS_TOOLBOX_INHERIT_ENV=1 && jetbrains-toolbox.exe

Uninstall the Toolbox App

You can uninstall the Toolbox App on macOS or Windows the same way you would do any other standard software.

To uninstall the Toolbox App on Linux, use the following procedure:

Uninstall the Toolbox App on Linux

  1. Uninstall all applications installed in the Toolbox App.

  2. Uncheck 'Run at login' in the Toolbox App settings or remove ~/.config/autostart/jetbrains-toolbox.desktop.

  3. Exit the Toolbox App.

  4. Remove the ~/.local/share/JetBrains/Toolbox directory with all its contents.

  5. Remove the ~/.local/share/applications/jetbrains-toolbox.desktop file.

Checking for updates in the IDE

If you would like the Check for Updates button to work in the IDE after you uninstall the Toolbox App, perform the following steps:

Check for Updates in the IDE

  1. In the IDE, from the main menu, select Help | Edit Custom VM Options.

  2. In the file that opens, delete the following key:

    -Dide.no.platform.update=true

  3. Restart the IDE and try the Check for Updates button again.

24 November 2025
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