ARDUINO-CLI-PROFILE-LIB-REMOVE(1)

💖 NAME 💖

arduino-cli-profile-lib-remove — bestie, this one removes a library from a sketch profile, and it takes the dependencies along with it if nothing else needs them anymore. Yes, it's a spring cleaning command. Yes, she's thorough. ✨

Oh and hey — welcome to the ARDUINO COMMAND LINE MANUAL(1), the section 1 of Unix manuals, where all the CLI magic lives. 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

arduino-cli profile lib remove LIBRARY[@VERSION_NUMBER]... [flags]

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Okay so real talk: this command removes a library from a sketch profile. And the main character detail here is that it also yeets the dependencies that came with it — but only if they're no longer needed by anybody else in there. Not me being considerate about your dependency graph?? 💅

So like, if the library was the last thing keeping some other package alive, that package gets packed up too. If someone else still needs it, it stays. Iconic behaviour honestly.

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✨ OPTIONS ✨

• -h, --help[=false] — help for remove. Your little safety blanket. Defaults to false, obvi.
• --no-deps[=false] — "Do not remove unused dependencies." So you're telling her to leave the leftover deps alone, no cleanup, no sweeping, we move messy. Defaults to false.
• -m, --profile="" — Sketch profile to use. Empty string is the default, bestie.
• --sketch-path="" — Location of the sketch. Also defaults to empty string.

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👑 OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS 👑

These ones get handed down from the parent commands like family heirlooms. Every single one, no skips:

• --additional-urls=[] — Comma-separated list of additional URLs for the Boards Manager. Defaults to an empty list, she starts with nothing.
• --config-dir="" — Sets the default data directory. Heads up: Arduino CLI will look for the configuration file in this directory. Default is empty string.
• --config-file="" — The custom config file. If you don't specify one, the default will be used. Defaults to empty string.
• --json[=false] — Print the output in JSON format. For when you want it machine-readable. Defaults to false.
• --log[=false] — Print the logs on the standard output. Defaults to false.
• --log-file="" — Path to the file where logs will be written. Default empty string.
• --log-format="text" — The output format for the logs, can be: text, json. Defaults to "text".
• --log-level="info" — Messages with this level and above will be logged. Valid levels are: trace, debug, info, warn, error, fatal, panic. Defaults to "info".
• --no-color[=false] — Disable colored output. 😭 (sad but sometimes necessary, like in CI). Defaults to false.

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🌈 EXAMPLE 🌈

Steal these, they're yours:

debian/build/bin/arduino-cli profile lib remove AudioZero -m my_profile
debian/build/bin/arduino-cli profile lib remove Arduino_JSON@0.2.0 --profile my_profile

See how the second one pins a version with @0.2.0? Yeah. That's the LIBRARY[@VERSION_NUMBER]... situation in action, and yes you can pass more than one. Periodt. 💅

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🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

• arduino-cli-profile-lib(1) — her sister page, go read it too, they're a set. 💜

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💀 HISTORY 💀

15-Aug-2026 — Auto generated by spf13/cobra. Not a human, not a vibe curator, just a robot doing its little robot thing. 💀

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lowkey a reminder that this whole page was Auto generated by spf13/cobra from Aug 2026, filed under ARDUINO COMMAND LINE MANUAL(1). Go forth, remove libraries, and hydrate. 🍓🧚💖