Uninstall Java

If you installed OpenJDK 23 using Homebrew

1. Find the exact installed JDK

brew list | grep openjdk

If you see openjdk@23, uninstall it:

2. Uninstall

brew uninstall openjdk@23

If Homebrew shows it is not linked, you may need to remove manual symlink:

3. Remove manual symlink (if you created one)

sudo rm -rf /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/openjdk-23.jdk

If you installed OpenJDK 23 by downloading .tar.gz or .jdk manually

Remove the JDK folder

sudo rm -rf /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-23.jdk
OR
sudo rm -rf /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/openjdk-23.jdk

Clear JAVA_HOME if it points to JDK 23

For zsh:

nano ~/.zshrc

Remove or edit:

export JAVA_HOME="/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/openjdk-23.jdk/Contents/Home"

Then reload:

source ~/.zshrc

Verify removal

/usr/libexec/java_home -V

OpenJDK 23 should no longer appear.

Check JAVA_HOME

echo $JAVA_HOME