Section 1 · User commands

dotnet-remove-reference.1

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dotnet-remove-reference

dotnet remove reference
NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
ARGUMENTS
OPTIONS
EXAMPLES

dotnet remove reference

This article applies to: ✔️ .NET Core 3.1 SDK and later versions

NAME

dotnet-remove-reference - Removes project-to-project (P2P) references.

SYNOPSIS

dotnet remove [<PROJECT>] reference [-f|--framework <FRAMEWORK>]
     <PROJECT_REFERENCES>

dotnet remove reference -h|--help

DESCRIPTION

The dotnet remove reference command provides a convenient option to remove project references from a project.

ARGUMENTS

PROJECT

Target project file. If not specified, the command searches the current directory for one.

PROJECT_REFERENCES

Project-to-project (P2P) references to remove. You can specify one or multiple projects. Glob patterns (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glob\_(programming)) are supported on Unix/Linux based terminals.

OPTIONS


	•		-?\|-h\|—help

Prints out a description of how to use the command.


	•		-f\|—framework <FRAMEWORK>

Removes the reference only when targeting a specific framework using the TFM format.

EXAMPLES


	•		Remove a project reference from the specified project:

dotnet remove app/app.csproj reference lib/lib.csproj


	•		Remove multiple project references from the project in the current directory:

dotnet remove reference lib1/lib1.csproj lib2/lib2.csproj


	•		Remove multiple project references using a glob pattern on Unix/Linux:

dotnet remove app/app.csproj reference **/*.csproj`