tlmgr remove

Uninstall TeX Live packages. By default, removed packages will be backed up to ./tlpkg/backups under the TL installation directory. More information: https://www.tug.org/texlive/tlmgr.html.

• Uninstall a TeX Live package:
  sudo tlmgr remove {{package}}
• Simulate uninstalling a package without making any changes:
  tlmgr remove --dry-run {{package}}
• Uninstall a package without its dependencies:
  sudo tlmgr remove --no-depends {{package}}
• Uninstall a package and back it up to a specific directory:
  sudo tlmgr remove --backupdir {{path/to/directory}} {{package}}
• Uninstall all of TeX Live, asking for confirmation:
  sudo tlmgr remove --all