pip-uninstall - Man Page

• Uninstall a package: pip uninstall package
• Uninstall packages listed in a specific file: pip uninstall --requirement path/to/requirements.txt
• Uninstall package without asking for confirmation: pip uninstall --yes package

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Uninstall packages.

pip is able to uninstall most installed packages. Known exceptions are:

• Pure distutils packages installed with python setup.py install, which leave behind no metadata to determine what files were installed.
• Script wrappers installed by python setup.py develop.

python -m pip uninstall [options] <package> ...
python -m pip uninstall [options] -r <requirements file> ...

-r,  --requirement <file>

Uninstall all the packages listed in the given requirements file.  This option can be used multiple times.

(environment variable: PIP_REQUIREMENT)

-y,  --yes

Don't ask for confirmation of uninstall deletions.

(environment variable: PIP_YES)

--root-user-action <root_user_action>

Action if pip is run as a root user [warn, ignore] (default: warn)

(environment variable: PIP_ROOT_USER_ACTION)

--break-system-packages

Allow pip to modify an EXTERNALLY-MANAGED Python installation

(environment variable: PIP_BREAK_SYSTEM_PACKAGES)

pip developers

The pip developers

pip(1).

The man pages pip-3.13-uninstall(1), pip3.13-uninstall(1), pip-3-uninstall(1) and pip3-uninstall(1) are aliases of pip-uninstall(1).