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flatpak-history

Show historical changes to Flatpak installations

TLDR

Show installs, updates, and removals
$ flatpak history
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Show per-user installation changes
$ flatpak history --user
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Show system-wide installation changes
$ flatpak history --system
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Changes since a time
$ flatpak history --since [2h]
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Changes until a time
$ flatpak history --until [2026-01-01 00:00:00]
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Newest entries first
$ flatpak history --reverse
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Pick columns
$ flatpak history --columns [application,change,time]
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SYNOPSIS

flatpak history [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

flatpak history lists installs, updates, and removals of applications and runtimes. It is a flatpak subcommand, not a separate binary.By default it shows both per-user and system-wide installations. Restrict that with --user, --system, or --installation.The data comes from the systemd journal. The same events are also available with journalctl using message id `c7b39b1e006b464599465e105b361485`.--columns fields include time, change, ref, application, arch, branch, installation, remote, old-commit, commit, url, user, and tool.

PARAMETERS

-u, --user

Show changes to the user installation.
--system
Show changes to the default system-wide installation.
--installation=NAME
Show changes to the named installation from `/etc/flatpak/installations.d/`. --installation=default is the same as --system.
--since=TIME
Only show changes newer than TIME. Absolute times look like `YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS`; relative times look like `2h`, `7days`, or `4days 2hours`.
--until=TIME
Only show changes older than TIME.
--reverse
Newest entries first.
--columns=FIELD,...
Columns to print. Repeat the option or list fields with commas. Append `:s`, `:m`, `:e`, or `:f` to control ellipsis (start, middle, end, full). Field names may be abbreviated to a unique prefix. Use help to list columns, all to show every column.
-h, --help
Show help and exit.
-v, --verbose
Print debug information during command processing.

INSTALL

sudo apt install flatpak
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sudo dnf install flatpak
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sudo pacman -S flatpak
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sudo apk add flatpak
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sudo zypper install flatpak
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nix profile install nixpkgs#flatpak
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CAVEATS

Needs a readable systemd journal. Empty output is common on systems without journald, or when the journal was rotated past the events. System-wide history may require extra privileges to read journal entries written as root.

SEE ALSO

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