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)