brew-rm

Remove an installed Homebrew package

TLDR

Remove a formula

$ brew rm [formula]

Remove a cask

$ brew rm --cask [cask]

Force removal of all installed versions

$ brew rm --force [formula]

Remove with zap (thorough cask removal including preferences and caches)

$ brew rm --zap --cask [cask]

Remove multiple formulae

$ brew rm [formula1] [formula2] [formula3]

Dry run to see what would be removed

$ brew rm --dry-run [formula]

SYNOPSIS

brew rm [options] formula|cask [...]

brew rm is an alias for brew uninstall and brew remove. It uninstalls a formula or cask from the system.All three commands (rm, remove, uninstall) are functionally identical. Removing a formula does not automatically remove its unused dependencies; use brew autoremove to clean those up.

PARAMETERS

--cask

Treat all named arguments as casks.

--formula

Treat all named arguments as formulae.

-f, --force

Delete all installed versions of a formula. For casks, also remove even if the cask is not installed.

--zap

Remove all files associated with a cask, including preferences, caches, and other shared resources. Use with caution.

--ignore-dependencies

Do not fail uninstall even if dependent formulae still exist.

-n, --dry-run

Show what would be removed without actually removing anything.

-d, --debug

Display any debugging information.

-v, --verbose

Make some output more verbose.

CAVEATS

Removing a formula that other installed formulae depend on will fail unless --ignore-dependencies is used. The --zap option may remove shared resources used by other applications. Keg-only formulae unlinked from the prefix are still removed.