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.Dd April 17, 2026
.Dt PKG-AUTOREMOVE 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm "pkg autoremove"
.Nd removes orphan packages
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl Dnqy
.Pp
.Nm
.Op Cm --{dry-run,no-scripts,quiet,yes}
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
is used for removing orphan packages, which were installed
during dependency resolution and are no longer needed.
.Sh OPTIONS
The following options are supported by
.Nm :
.Bl -tag -width dry-run
.It Fl n , Cm --dry-run
Dry-run mode.
The list of changes to packages is always printed, but
no changes are actually made.
.It Fl D , Cm --no-scripts
If a deinstallation script exists for a given package, do not execute it.
.It Fl q , Cm --quiet
Force quiet output.
When combined with
.Fl n ,
prints one package name-version per line suitable for scripting.
.It Fl y , Cm --yes
Assume yes when asked for confirmation before package autoremoval.
.El
.Sh ENVIRONMENT
The following environment variables affect the execution of
.Nm .
See
.Xr pkg.conf 5
for further description.
.Bl -tag -width ".Ev NO_DESCRIPTIONS"
.It Ev DEFAULT_ALWAYS_YES
.It Ev ASSUME_ALWAYS_YES
.It Ev HANDLE_RC_SCRIPTS
.It Ev PKG_DBDIR
.El
.Sh FILES
See
.Xr pkg.conf 5 .
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr pkg_checksum 3 ,
.Xr pkg_create 3 ,
.Xr pkg_printf 3 ,
.Xr pkg_repo_create 3 ,
.Xr pkg_repos 3 ,
.Xr pkg-keywords 5 ,
.Xr pkg-lua-script 5 ,
.Xr pkg-repository 5 ,
.Xr pkg-script 5 ,
.Xr pkg-triggers 5 ,
.Xr pkg.conf 5 ,
.Xr pkg 8 ,
.Xr pkg-add 8 ,
.Xr pkg-alias 8 ,
.Xr pkg-annotate 8 ,
.Xr pkg-audit 8 ,
.Xr pkg-check 8 ,
.Xr pkg-checksum 8 ,
.Xr pkg-clean 8 ,
.Xr pkg-config 8 ,
.Xr pkg-create 8 ,
.Xr pkg-delete 8 ,
.Xr pkg-fetch 8 ,
.Xr pkg-help 8 ,
.Xr pkg-info 8 ,
.Xr pkg-install 8 ,
.Xr pkg-key 8 ,
.Xr pkg-lock 8 ,
.Xr pkg-plugins 8 ,
.Xr pkg-query 8 ,
.Xr pkg-register 8 ,
.Xr pkg-repo 8 ,
.Xr pkg-repositories 8 ,
.Xr pkg-rquery 8 ,
.Xr pkg-rwhich 8 ,
.Xr pkg-search 8 ,
.Xr pkg-set 8 ,
.Xr pkg-shell 8 ,
.Xr pkg-shlib 8 ,
.Xr pkg-ssh 8 ,
.Xr pkg-stats 8 ,
.Xr pkg-triggers 8 ,
.Xr pkg-unregister 8 ,
.Xr pkg-update 8 ,
.Xr pkg-updating 8 ,
.Xr pkg-upgrade 8 ,
.Xr pkg-version 8 ,
.Xr pkg-which 8