pacman-r

short form of pacman --remove, which removes packages from the system

TLDR

Remove a package

$ sudo pacman -R [package]

Remove a package and its unneeded dependencies

$ sudo pacman -Rs [package]

Remove a package, its dependencies, and configuration files

$ sudo pacman -Rns [package]

Remove a package without checking dependencies (dangerous)

$ sudo pacman -Rdd [package]

List packages that would be removed (dry run)

$ pacman -Rsp [package]

View documentation for the original command

$ tldr pacman remove

SYNOPSIS

pacman -R [options] package(s)

DESCRIPTION

pacman -R is the short form of pacman --remove, which removes packages from the system. It handles dependency checking and can optionally remove configuration files and orphaned dependencies.

PARAMETERS

-c, --cascade

Remove all target packages and packages that depend on them.

-n, --nosave

Remove configuration files that would otherwise be saved as .pacsave files.

-s, --recursive

Remove dependencies not required by other packages.

-u, --unneeded

Remove targets only if they are not required by any other packages.

-p, --print

Print targets instead of performing the operation.

-d, --nodeps

Skip dependency checks. Pass twice (-dd) to also skip required-by checks.

CAVEATS

Using -Rdd bypasses all dependency checks and can break the system. The -Rns combination is the cleanest removal, also removing backup configuration files and orphaned dependencies.