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pacman --remove

Arch Linux package manager utility. See also: pacman. More information: https://man.archlinux.org/man/pacman.8.
  • Remove a package and its dependencies:
    sudo pacman --remove --recursive {{package}}
  • Remove a package and both its dependencies and configuration files:
    sudo pacman --remove --recursive --nosave {{package}}
  • Remove a package without prompting:
    sudo pacman --remove --noconfirm {{package}}
  • Remove orphan packages (installed as dependencies but not required by any package):
    sudo pacman --remove --recursive --nosave $(pacman --query --unrequired --deps --quiet)
  • Remove a package and all packages that depend on it:
    sudo pacman --remove --cascade {{package}}
  • List packages that would be affected (does not remove any packages):
    pacman --remove --print {{package}}
  • Display help for this subcommand:
    pacman --remove --help

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