pip uninstall

Usage

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

Description

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.

Options

-r,--requirement<file>

1. Uninstall a package.

$ pip uninstall simplejson
Uninstalling simplejson:
  /home/me/env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/simplejson
  /home/me/env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/simplejson-2.2.1-py2.7.egg-info
Proceed (y/n)? y
  Successfully uninstalled simplejson