Section 1 · User commands

dotnet-tool-uninstall.1

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dotnet-tool-uninstall

dotnet tool uninstall
NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
ARGUMENTS
OPTIONS
EXAMPLES
SEE ALSO

dotnet tool uninstall

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

NAME

dotnet-tool-uninstall - Uninstalls the specified .NET tool from your machine.

SYNOPSIS

dotnet tool uninstall <PACKAGE_NAME> -g|--global

dotnet tool uninstall <PACKAGE_NAME> --tool-path <PATH> [--tool-manifest <PATH>]

dotnet tool uninstall <PACKAGE_NAME>

dotnet tool uninstall -h|--help

DESCRIPTION

The dotnet tool uninstall command provides a way for you to uninstall .NET tools from your machine. To use the command, you specify one of the following options:


	•		To uninstall a global tool that was installed in the default location, use the —global option.
	•		To uninstall a global tool that was installed in a custom location, use the —tool-path option.
	•		To uninstall a local tool, omit the —global and —tool-path options.

ARGUMENTS


	•		PACKAGE_NAME

Name/ID of the NuGet package that contains the .NET tool to uninstall. You can find the package name using the dotnet tool list command.

OPTIONS


	•		-g\|—global

Specifies that the tool to be removed is from a user-wide installation. Can’t be combined with the —tool-path option. Omitting both —global and —tool-path specifies that the tool to be removed is a local tool.


	•		-?\|-h\|—help

Prints out a description of how to use the command.


	•		—tool-path <PATH>

Specifies the location where to uninstall the tool. PATH can be absolute or relative. Can’t be combined with the —global option. Omitting both —global and —tool-path specifies that the tool to be removed is a local tool.


	•		—tool-manifest <PATH>

Specifies the manifest file that the tool is to be removed from. PATH can be absolute or relative. Can’t be combined with the —global option.

EXAMPLES


	•		dotnet tool uninstall -g dotnetsay

Uninstalls the dotnetsay (https://www.nuget.org/packages/dotnetsay/) global tool.


	•		dotnet tool uninstall dotnetsay —tool-path c:\global-tools

Uninstalls the dotnetsay (https://www.nuget.org/packages/dotnetsay/) global tool from a specific Windows directory.


	•		dotnet tool uninstall dotnetsay —tool-path ~/bin

Uninstalls the dotnetsay (https://www.nuget.org/packages/dotnetsay/) global tool from a specific Linux/macOS directory.


	•		dotnet tool uninstall dotnetsay

Uninstalls the dotnetsay (https://www.nuget.org/packages/dotnetsay/) local tool from the current directory.


	•		.NET tools
	•		Tutorial: Install and use a .NET global tool using the .NET CLI
	•		Tutorial: Install and use a .NET local tool using the .NET CLI