pip3-uninstall(1)

pip3-uninstall1

Description of pip3 uninstall command

Overview

Uninstall packages.

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

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

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Script wrappers installed by python setup.py develop.

Usage

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

Options

-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)

Author

pip developers

From python3-pip 25.1.1+dfsg-1 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.