Manage Features and Updates

This dialog box is displayed when you click Tools, then Features. It lets you enable or disable features in the product.

Features tab

The Extensions tab determines which features SQL Developer uses when it starts. (Technically, the features are internally implemented as "extensions".) Some features are mandatory, and users cannot remove or disable them; some features are optional, and you can enable or disable them.) If you change any settings, you must exit SQL Developer and restart it for the new settings to take effect.

To cause an extension not to be used at the next startup, uncheck its entry. (To completely remove an extension, you must go to sqldeveloper\extensions under the SQL Developer installation folder and delete the .jar files associated with that extension.)

For Version Control, the settings (selected or not, and configuration options if selected) affect whether the Team menu is displayed and what items are on that menu.

Check for Updates: Checks for any updates to the selected optional SQL Developer extensions, as well as any mandatory extensions. (If the system you are using is behind a firewall, see the SQL Developer user preferences for Web Browser and Proxy.)

Check for Updates: Automatically Check for Updates: If this option is checked, SQL Developer automatically checks for any updates to the selected optional SQL Developer extensions and any mandatory extensions at startup. (Enabling this option might increase SQL Developer startup time. You can manually check for updates by clicking Help, then Check for Updates.)

Search icon: Enter text to filter the Available Features field.

Clear Cache: Removes previously loaded features from the cache.

Installed Updates tab

Lets you see and remove installed updates. Click Expand All to expand all nodes and Collapse All to collapse all nodes in the tree.