PIP-UNINSTALL(1)                      pip                     PIP-UNINSTALL(1)

NAME
       pip-uninstall - description of pip uninstall command

DESCRIPTION
       Uninstall packages.

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

       o Pure distutils packages installed with python setup.py install, which
         leave behind no metadata to determine what files were installed.

       o Script wrappers installed by python setup.py develop.


USAGE

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

OPTIONS

       -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)


Author
       pip developers

Copyright
       The pip developers

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