PIP-UNINSTALL(1)

💖 PIP-UNINSTALL(1) — pip uninstall, the cutest uninstall era 💖

🌸 NAME 🌸

pip-uninstall — okay so this is literally the description of the pip uninstall command, bestie. 🫶

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Uninstall packages. Periodt. 💅

pip is able to uninstall most installed packages. The known exceptions are giving “nope, can’t do it,” and they are:

• Pure distutils packages installed with python setup.py install — these leave behind no metadata to determine what files were installed, so pip is like “girl, where are the receipts?” 😭
• Script wrappers installed by python setup.py develop — those wrappers are also an exception, no cap.

🦋 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, so go off, stack 'em. 💖
• -y, --yes — Don’t ask for confirmation of uninstall deletions. Very “just do it” energy. ✨
• --root-user-action <root_user_action> — Action if pip is run as a root user. By default, a warning message is shown. 👑

👑 AUTHOR 👑

pip developers

🌈 COPYRIGHT 🌈

The pip developers

mwah 💋 — source/version 22.3, dated Jun 25, 2025, from the PIP-UNINSTALL(1) manual. slay and bye bestie 🧚💜