Is there a way to uninstall multiple packages with pip?

Question

I am attempting to remove all of the installed "pyobjc-framework"-prefixed packages. I have tried the following:

% pip freeze | grep pyobjc-framework | xargs pip uninstall

but this barfs because each pip uninstall requires confirmation (perhaps a way to bypass this would be a solution).

Please help before I have to break down and uninstall each of these manually! Nobody wants that.

score 77 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 23 '12 at 02:22

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Your command should actually work if you add the -y | --yes flag to pip :-)

-y, --yes Don't ask for confirmation of uninstall deletions.

Possibly:

% pip freeze | grep pyobjc-framework | xargs pip uninstall -y

answered Feb 23 '12 at 02:22

jdi

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Bingo. -y is the flag I needed. I also need xargs to pass a single argument at a time so my final command looks like this: `% pip freeze | grep pyobjc-framework | xargs -n 1 sudo pip uninstall -y` Thanks! – wh1tney Feb 23 '12 at 03:20

score 15 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 12 '23 at 20:36

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Redirect the grep output to a new file and run.

pip uninstall -r <file name>

works I think.

pip freeze | grep pyobjc > packages_to_remove.txt
sudo pip uninstall -y -r packages_to_remove.txt

edited Jun 12 '23 at 20:36

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answered Feb 23 '12 at 02:06

Matt Alcock

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er, sorry. `pip freeze | grep pyobjc > packages_to_remove.txt; sudo pip uninstall -y -r packages_to_remove.txt` should do it. Note, the -y flag must come first when also using the -r flag and a file argument. Doh. – wh1tney Feb 23 '12 at 03:49

score 10 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 04 '13 at 20:19

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I always use this:

pip freeze | xargs pip uninstall -y

answered Dec 04 '13 at 20:19

josephmisiti

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Without `grep` it should remove all your pip packages. – Timo Oct 11 '22 at 11:08

score 6 · Answer 4 · edited Sep 07 '21 at 14:36

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Easiest way. use remove all torch related packages for example:

pip uninstall `pip freeze | grep torch`

edited Sep 07 '21 at 14:36

MD Mushfirat Mohaimin

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answered Sep 07 '21 at 05:44

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Jaja · Answer 5 · 2023-04-29T14:42:30.220

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Just prepare those packages as list:

pip uninstall <list of requirement> -y
e.g.:
pip uninstall  termcolor, imgviz, matplotlib, PyYAML, qtpy, Pillow, colorama, PyQt5, numpy -y
(Some version of pip require to remove commas, s. below)
pip uninstall termcolor imgviz matplotlib -y

For example: Uninstall package with its dependence with pip in three steps:

show dependence list
remove the package
remove list of its dependence (copy it from 1.)

For detail:

 1. pip show <package>

    e.g.:
    pip show labelme
    ...
    Requires: termcolor, imgviz, matplotlib, PyYAML, qtpy, Pillow, colorama, PyQt5, numpy
    ...

 2. pip uninstall <package>
    e.g.
    pip uninstall labelme

 3. pip uninstall <list of requirement> -y
    e.g.:
    pip uninstall  termcolor, imgviz, matplotlib, PyYAML, qtpy, Pillow, colorama, PyQt5, numpy -y

edited Apr 29 '23 at 14:42

answered Dec 29 '20 at 11:45

Jaja

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I doubt you can place commas to separate the names. Are you 100% sure of that? – sinoroc Dec 29 '20 at 11:55
yes, it work at least with ubuntu 20.04, python 3.9 and pip 20.3.3 – Jaja Jan 06 '21 at 08:26
OK, maybe, not sure why it works. Not sure why you would want to recommend this unusual notation either. Why not just stick to standard notation? – sinoroc Jan 06 '21 at 10:15
In some case it important to do such details: e.g. quicker while looking what is in requirement file – Jaja Jan 08 '21 at 10:18
Fails with bash ... $ pip uninstall xlsxwriter, xlrd ERROR: Invalid requirement: 'xlsxwriter,' – Rich - enzedonline Sep 01 '22 at 09:26

score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Oct 16 '18 at 16:17

greping pip freeze returned:

Usage:   
  pip uninstall [options] <package> ...
  pip uninstall [options] -r <requirements file> ...

no such option: -e

So I did it with pip list instead:

$ pip list | grep tempest | xargs pip uninstall -y

Uninstalling neutron-tempest-plugin-0.0.0:
  Successfully uninstalled neutron-tempest-plugin-0.0.0
Uninstalling octavia-tempest-plugin-0.0.0:
  Successfully uninstalled octavia-tempest-plugin-0.0.0
Uninstalling tempest-19.0.1.dev152:
  Successfully uninstalled tempest-19.0.1.dev152

score 1 · Answer 7 · answered Aug 14 '22 at 14:59

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Do pip uninstall -y -r <(pip freeze)

answered Aug 14 '22 at 14:59

Chuma Umenze

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Is there a way to uninstall multiple packages with pip?

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