PKG-AUTOREMOVE(8)       FreeBSD System Manager's Manual      PKG-AUTOREMOVE(8)

NAME

     pkg autoremove - removes orphan packages

SYNOPSIS

     pkg autoremove [-Dnqy]

     pkg autoremove [--{dry-run,no-scripts,quiet,yes}]

DESCRIPTION

     pkg autoremove is used for removing orphan packages, which were installed
     during dependency resolution and are no longer needed.

OPTIONS

     The following options are supported by pkg autoremove:

     -n, --dry-run
              Dry-run mode.  The list of changes to packages is always
              printed, but no changes are actually made.

     -D, --no-scripts
              If a deinstallation script exists for a given package, do not
              execute it.

     -q, --quiet
              Force quiet output.  When combined with -n, prints one package
              name-version per line suitable for scripting.

     -y, --yes
              Assume yes when asked for confirmation before package
              autoremoval.

ENVIRONMENT

     The following environment variables affect the execution of pkg
     autoremove.  See pkg.conf(5) for further description.

     DEFAULT_ALWAYS_YES

     ASSUME_ALWAYS_YES

     HANDLE_RC_SCRIPTS

     PKG_DBDIR

FILES

     See pkg.conf(5).

SEE ALSO

     pkg_checksum(3), pkg_create(3), pkg_printf(3), pkg_repo_create(3),
     pkg_repos(3), pkg-keywords(5), pkg-lua-script(5), pkg-repository(5),
     pkg-script(5), pkg-triggers(5), pkg.conf(5), pkg(8), pkg-add(8),
     pkg-alias(8), pkg-annotate(8), pkg-audit(8), pkg-check(8),
     pkg-checksum(8), pkg-clean(8), pkg-config(8), pkg-create(8),
     pkg-delete(8), pkg-fetch(8), pkg-help(8), pkg-info(8), pkg-install(8),
     pkg-key(8), pkg-lock(8), pkg-plugins(8), pkg-query(8), pkg-register(8),
     pkg-repo(8), pkg-repositories(8), pkg-rquery(8), pkg-rwhich(8),
     pkg-search(8), pkg-set(8), pkg-shell(8), pkg-shlib(8), pkg-ssh(8),
     pkg-stats(8), pkg-triggers(8), pkg-unregister(8), pkg-update(8),
     pkg-updating(8), pkg-upgrade(8), pkg-version(8), pkg-which(8)

FreeBSD 15.1-STABLE-HBSD        April 17, 2026               PKG-AUTOREMOVE(8)