Find all hidden ".idea" folders in system I am using PHPStorm 8 for programming. PHPStorm automatically creates a hidden folder called ".idea", where all project-specifiy settings are stored.

How am I able to find all these ".idea" folders in the entire system?

(I like to find and remove all of these folder)

Thanks!
You can do it from Terminal.app. Navigate to the topmost directory with:

cd /


Then type this command:

find . -name ".idea" -exec rm -r {} \;


This will remove all .idea directories which are owned by You (more specificaly You have the rights to delete them). If You want to delete all of them, add sudo in front of this command.

NOTE: calling sudo without knowing what You are doing can be dangerous.