PIP-UNINSTALL

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NAME

pip-uninstall - description of pip uninstall command

Uninstall packages. pip is able to uninstall most installed packages. Known exceptions are:

*: Pure distutils packages installed with python setup.py install, which leave behind no metadata to determine what files were installed.
*: Script wrappers installed by python setup.py develop.

python -m pip uninstall [options] <package> ...
python -m pip uninstall [options] -r <requirements file> ...

-r, --requirement <file>: Uninstall all the packages listed in the given requirements file. This option can be used multiple times.
: (environment variable: PIP_REQUIREMENT)
-y, --yes: Don't ask for confirmation of uninstall deletions.
: (environment variable: PIP_YES)
--root-user-action <root_user_action>: Action if pip is run as a root user [warn, ignore] (default: warn)
: (environment variable: PIP_ROOT_USER_ACTION)
--break-system-packages: Allow pip to modify an EXTERNALLY-MANAGED Python installation
: (environment variable: PIP_BREAK_SYSTEM_PACKAGES)

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