dotnet-tool-uninstall(1) .NET Documentation dotnet-tool-uninstall(1) 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> 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 --glob‐ al option. Omitting both --global and --tool-path specifies that the tool to be removed is a local tool. 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. SEE ALSO • .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 2022-10-10 dotnet-tool-uninstall(1)