How can the finish.m MATLAB script be used to remove preferences when MATLAB terminates?

How can I remove the preferences folder from MATLAB every time when it quits? The saved preferences sometimes cause sporadic startup crashes on Fedora 23 Linux. Removing the saved preferences from the .matlab folder from the home directory helps in preventing the crashes.

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

You can create a finish.m script to perform any final tasks before MATLAB quits. It can be used to remove the preferences folder. when MATLAB quits. Refer to the following MathWorks documentation for more information on the finish.m script.

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/finish.html

The "prefdir" function gives the location of the folder containing preferences, history and layout files.After this the "rmdir" function can be used to remove the directory specified as the input argument to this function. Refer to the following MathWorks documentation for more information on "prefdir" and "rmdir" functions.

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/prefdir.html

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/rmdir.html