cargo-remove(1)

{{~*set command=“remove”}} {{~*set actionverb=“Remove”}} {{~*set nouns=“removes”}}

NAME

cargo-remove --- Remove dependencies from a Cargo.toml manifest file

SYNOPSIS

cargo remove [options] dependency...

DESCRIPTION

Remove one or more dependencies from a Cargo.toml manifest.

OPTIONS

Section options

{}

{{#option “--dev” }} Remove as a development dependency. {{/option}}

{{#option “--build” }} Remove as a build dependency. {{/option}}

{{#option “--target target” }} Remove as a dependency to the given target platform.

To avoid unexpected shell expansions, you may use quotes around each target, e.g., --target 'cfg(unix)'. {{/option}}

{{/options}}

Miscellaneous Options

{}

{{#option “--dry-run” }} Don't actually write to the manifest. {{/option}}

{{/options}}

Display Options

{} {{> options-display }} {{/options}}

Manifest Options

{} {{> options-manifest-path }}

{{> options-locked }}

{{/options}}

Package Selection

{}

{{#option “-p spec...” “--package spec...” }} Package to remove from. {{/option}}

{{/options}}

{{> section-options-common }}

{{> section-environment }}

{{> section-exit-status }}

EXAMPLES

1. Remove regex as a dependency

   cargo remove regex
   

2. Remove trybuild as a dev-dependency

   cargo remove --dev trybuild
   

3. Remove nom from the wasm32-unknown-unknown dependencies table

   cargo remove --target wasm32-unknown-unknown nom
   

SEE ALSO

{{man “cargo” 1}}, {{man “cargo-add” 1}}