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Add or remove third-party boards in Boards Manager

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Third-party board platforms can be added to the Board Manager in Preferences.

Configure additional Board Manager URLs

  1. Open Preferences

    • Windows: File > Preferences
    • macOS/Linux: Arduino IDE > Preferences

  2. Click on the button to the right of the Additional Boards Manager URLs text field.

    Preferences window.

  3. Paste or remove URLs in the window. There should be one URL for each line.

    Removing URLs will not automatically remove the files from your computer. If you want to completely remove a package, uninstall it from the Boards Manager first.

    Additional Boards Manager URLs window.

  4. Click OK.

  5. Click OK in Preferences to save the changes.

New packages will be downloaded the next time you open the Boards Manager.

Find Board Manager URLs

An unofficial list of third-party boards support urls can be found here.

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