DNF5-REMOVE(8)

✨ DNF5-REMOVE(8) ✨

okay bestie, welcome to dnf5-remove, the manual page for the Remove Command in the dnf5 family 💅 she's the one you call when you need stuff gone from your system. this page is part of the dnf5 manual set, so you're in the right place 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

dnf5-remove — the Remove Command ✨ (yes she removes things, that's the whole vibe)

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

dnf5 remove [options]
<package-spec-NF>|@<group-spec>|@<environment-spec>...

dnf5 remove --oldinstallonly [--limit=<LIMIT>] [<package-spec-NF>...]

dnf5 remove --duplicates [<package-spec-NF>...]

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so, the remove command in DNF5? it's literally the girl for yeeting installed packages, groups, or environments off your system. poof. gone. 🦋

now listen — if you wanna keep the dependencies that got installed alongside the package you're removing, you gotta set the clean_requirements_on_remove configuration option to False. otherwise they might get swept up too, and that's giving collateral damage 😭

when you use the --oldinstallonly option, the command removes old installonly packages (kernels, bestie, we're talking kernels) that go over the configured installonly_limit. and nope — the currently running kernel is never removed. she would never do that to you 🙈 if you pass package specs along with it, only the matching installonly packages get considered for removal.

when you use the --duplicates option, the command removes older versions of duplicate packages. so what even is a duplicate? it's packages with the same name and architecture but different version installed on your system. Installonly packages (kernels, hi again) are excluded, because they're supposed to have multiple versions installed — that's their whole thing. and to keep the system's integrity intact, the newest version of each duplicate gets reinstalled. if you pass package specs, only matching packages are considered 👑

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💅 OPTIONS 💅

• --installed-from-repo=REPO_ID,... — filters installed packages by the ID of the repository they were installed from. like, "only the ones that came from here" 🔍
• --no-autoremove — disables removal of dependencies that are no longer used. you're telling her to leave the leftovers alone, no cap 🚫
• --oldinstallonly — removes old installonly packages that exceed the installonly_limit configuration value. used without package specs, all installonly package types are considered. and the currently running kernel? automatically skipped, always 💀
• --limit=<LIMIT> — overrides the installonly_limit configuration value. must be greater than or equal to 1 so you keep at least the newest installed version. and heads up: this can only be used with --oldinstallonly.
• --duplicates — removes older versions of duplicate packages and reinstalls the newest version. installonly packages are automatically excluded. and bestie — this cannot be used together with --oldinstallonly 🙅
• --offline — stores the transaction to be performed offline. see offline command <#offline-command-ref-label>, dnf5-offline(8) 🌙
• --transient — only applicable on bootc (bootable containers) systems. performs transactions using a transient overlay which will be lost on the next reboot. see also the persistence <#persistence-options-label> configuration option ✨
• --store=PATH — stores the current transaction in a directory at the specified PATH instead of running it. the stored transaction can be performed by the replay command <#replay-command-ref-label>, dnf5-replay(8). note that repository ids in the stored transaction get mangled to @stored_transaction(repo_id) — this is required because during replaying the stored repositories are recreated and they might collide with already-present repositories (this doesn't apply to the special @System repository) 🎀

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🔥 EXAMPLES 🔥

dnf5 remove tito : removes the tito package. bye girl 💖

dnf5 remove --oldinstallonly : removes all old installonly packages exceeding the configured installonly_limit.

dnf5 remove --oldinstallonly kernel : removes old kernel packages exceeding the configured installonly_limit.

dnf5 remove --oldinstallonly --limit=2 : removes old installonly packages, keeping only the 2 newest versions of each.

dnf5 remove --duplicates : removes all older duplicate packages and reinstalls the newest versions.

dnf5 remove --duplicates glibc : removes older duplicate versions of glibc and reinstalls the newest.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• dnf5-specs(7)
• Patterns specification <#specs-misc-ref-label>

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👑 Author 👑

see AUTHORS.md in the dnf5 source distribution 🫶

⭐ Copyright ⭐

Contributors to the dnf5 project.

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and that's the whole page bestie!! this was dnf5 manual, dated Sep 24, 2026 — go forth and remove responsibly, mwah 💋🌸💜