DATALAD-UNINSTALL(1)

💅 datalad uninstall — the manual page bestie

okay so real talk, this is datalad uninstall(1) from the General Commands Manual, and the vibe check is... not great. But we're gonna get through it together 💖

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✨ NAME ✨

datalad uninstall — dEPRECATED: use the DROP command

no literally, that's the whole name section. it's deprecated. it's giving "this account is deactivated". go use DROP instead, i'm begging 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

datalad uninstall [-h] [-d DATASET] [-r] [--nocheck] [--if-dirty
       {fail,save-before,ignore}] [--version] [PATH ...]

that's the whole shape of it. every flag, every bracket, exactly like that 💫

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✨ OPTIONS ✨

• PATH — path/name of the component to be uninstalled. constraints bestie, we got constraints: the value must be a string, or the value must be NONE 🙈
• -h, --help, --help-np — shows this help message, iconic. and --help-np forcefully disables the use of a pager for displaying the help message, so no more getting trapped in less like it's a haunted house 😭
• -d DATASET, --dataset DATASET — specifies the dataset to perform the operation on. if no dataset is given, an attempt is made to identify a dataset based on the PATH given — it'll go looking for one on its own, main character energy 🔍 constraints: the value must be a Dataset or a valid identifier of a Dataset (e.g. a path), or value must be NONE
• -r, --recursive — if set, recurse into potential subdatasets. it goes deeper. it always goes deeper 🌀
• --nocheck — whether to perform checks to assure the configured minimum number (remote) source for data. give this option to skip checks. yes that is a slightly cursed sentence, no i did not write it, i'm just delivering it to you verbatim with love 💀
• --if-dirty {fail, save-before, ignore} — the desired behavior if a dataset with unsaved changes is discovered. the three moods are:
  • 'fail' will trigger an error and further processing is aborted — dramatic exit, respect 💅
  • 'save-before' will save all changes prior any further action — the responsible queen 🌸
  • 'ignore' let's datalad proceed as if the dataset would not have unsaved changes — delusion, but make it a feature ✨

[Default: 'save-before']

• --version — show the module and its version which provides the command. know your source, iykyk 👑

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lowkey reminder: this whole command is dEPRECATED. it's not dangerous exactly, but it literally tells you in its own NAME section to go use the DROP command instead. listen to it. it knows 🎀

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✨ AUTHORS ✨

datalad is developed by The DataLad Team and Contributors <team@datalad.org>. absolute icons, the whole team, no cap 🫶👑

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and that's the page!! 💖 this manual was datalad uninstall version 1.1.5, dated 2025-06-15, served fresh for your reading pleasure — mwah, go uninstall responsibly (or don't, deprecation era 🦋) ✨