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.TH "RMMOD" "8" "2025-03-28" "kmod" "rmmod"
.PP
.SH NAME
.PP
rmmod - Simple program to remove a module from the Linux Kernel
.PP
.SH SYNOPSIS
.PP
\fBrmmod\fR [\fIOPTIONS\fR] [\fIlist of modulenames\fR]
.PP
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
\fBrmmod\fR is a trivial program to remove a module or a list of modules from the
kernel (when module unloading support is provided).\& Most users will want to use
\fBmodprobe\fR(8) with the \fB-r\fR option instead since it removes unused dependent
modules as well.\&
.PP
When a list of modules is provided, the program will process them one at a time.\&
If a module is not found, \fBrmmod\fR will immediately exit with an error code.\&
Should the module removal fail, the program will log an error AND continue with
the next module.\& This behaviour is NOT controlled by the \fB--force\fR option.\&
.PP
.SH OPTIONS
.PP
\fB-f\fR, \fB--force\fR
.RS 4
This option can be extremely dangerous: it has no effect unless
CONFIG_MODULE_FORCE_UNLOAD was set when the kernel was compiled.\& With
this option, you can remove modules which are being used, or which are
not designed to be removed, or have been marked as unsafe (see \fBlsmod\fR(8)).\&
.PP
.RE
\fB-s\fR, \fB--syslog\fR
.RS 4
Send errors to syslog instead of standard error.\&
.PP
.RE
\fB-v\fR, \fB--verbose\fR
.RS 4
Print messages about what the program is doing.\& Usually \fBrmmod\fR prints
messages only if something goes wrong.\&
.PP
.RE
\fB-V\fR, \fB--version\fR
.RS 4
Show version of program and exit.\&
.PP
.RE
\fB-h\fR, \fB--help\fR
.RS 4
Print the help message and exit.\&
.PP
.RE
.SH COPYRIGHT
.PP
This manual page originally Copyright 2002, Rusty Russell, IBM Corporation.\&
.PP
.SH SEE ALSO
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\fBmodprobe\fR(8), \fBinsmod\fR(8), \fBlsmod\fR(8), \fBmodinfo\fR(8), \fBdepmod\fR(8)
.PP
.SH BUGS
.PP
Please direct any bug reports to kmod'\&s issue tracker at
https://github.\&com/kmod-project/kmod/issues/ alongside with version used, steps
to reproduce the problem and the expected outcome.\&
.PP
.SH AUTHORS
.PP
Numerous contributions have come from the linux-modules mailing list
<linux-modules@vger.\&kernel.\&org> and Github.\& If you have a clone of kmod.\&git
itself, the output of \fBgit-shortlog\fR(1) and \fBgit-blame\fR(1) can show you the
authors for specific parts of the project.\&
.PP
\fBLucas De Marchi\fR <lucas.\&de.\&marchi@gmail.\&com> is the current maintainer of the
project.\&