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flatpak uninstall [OPTION...] [REF...]

Uninstalls an application or runtime​. REF is a reference to the application or runtime to uninstall​.

Each REF argument is a full or partial identifier in the flatpak ref format, which looks like "(app|runtime)/ID/ARCH/BRANCH"​. All elements except ID are optional and can be left out, including the slashes, so most of the time you need only specify ID​. Any part left out will be matched against what is installed, and if there are multiple matches you will be prompted to choose between them​. You will also be prompted if REF doesn't match any installed ref exactly but is similar (e​.g​. "gedit" is similar to "org​.gnome​.gedit"), but this fuzzy matching behavior is disabled if REF contains any slashes or periods​.

By default this looks for both installed apps and runtimes with the given REF, but you can limit this by using the --app or --runtime option, or by supplying the initial element in the REF​.

Normally, this command removes the ref for this application/runtime from the local OSTree repository and purges any objects that are no longer needed to free up disk space​. If the same application is later reinstalled, the objects will be pulled from the remote repository again​. The --keep-ref option can be used to prevent this​.

When --delete-data is specified while removing an app, its data directory in ~/​.var/app and any permissions it might have are removed​. When --delete-data is used without a REF, all 'unowned' app data is removed​.

Unless overridden with the --system, --user, or --installation options, this command searches both the system-wide installation and the per-user one for REF and errors out if it exists in more than one​.

The following options are understood:

-h,  --help

Show help options and exit​.

--keep-ref

Keep the ref for the application and the objects belonging to it in the local repository​.

-u,  --user

Uninstalls from a per-user installation​.

--system

Uninstalls from the default system-wide installation​.

--installation=NAME

Uninstalls from a system-wide installation specified by NAME among those defined in /etc/flatpak/installations​.d/​. Using --installation=default is equivalent to using --system​.

--arch=ARCH

The architecture to uninstall, instead of the architecture of the host system​. See flatpak --supported-arches for architectures supported by the host​.

--all

Remove all refs on the system​.

--unused

Remove unused refs on the system​.

-y,  --assumeyes

Automatically answer yes to all questions​. This is useful for automation​.

--noninteractive

Produce minimal output and avoid most questions​. This is suitable for use in non-interactive situations, e​.g​. in a build script​.

--app

Only look for an app with the given name​.

--runtime

Only look for a runtime with the given name​.

--no-related

Don't uninstall related extensions, such as the locale data​.

--force-remove

Remove files even if they're in use by a running application​.

--delete-data

Remove app data in ~/​.var/app and in the permission store​.

-v,  --verbose

Print debug information during command processing​.

--ostree-verbose

Print OSTree debug information during command processing​.

$ flatpak --user uninstall org​.gnome​.gedit

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