Users can add Maven Archetype in IntelliJ Idea, but IntelliJ Idea does not provide a way to delete it. The following introduces a method to delete by modifying the configuration file.
View Archetype
View configuration files
Location
mac
~/Library/Caches/IntelliJIdea2016.2/Maven/Indices
linux
~/.IntelliJIdea2016.2/system/Maven/Indices/UserArchetypes.xml
content
Remove Archetype
Delete the UserArchetypes.xml in
<archetype groupId="test" artifactId="test" version="0.9" />
- Restart IntelliJ Idea.
Reference content
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4361567/where-are-added-archetypes-stored-in-intellij