Uninstall

While we are sad we see you uninstalling flox we would like thank you for giving flox a try.

As we try to improve flox we really appreciate any feedback, especially where we failed. We like to know what was not working or where could we do a better job. Please reach us via discourse or via email.

Here's how to completely remove flox from your system.

MacOS (Pkg)

The following commands will completely remove Nix and the contents of /nix/* from the system.

Be sure to back up the system and/or extract any important Nix-related files and packages before continuing.

1. Ensure no running processes are using /nix.

2. Run:

   sudo /usr/local/share/flox/scripts/uninstall

Regardless of the current state, brew can be used to perform a full clean up:

brew uninstall --force --zap flox

We recommend rebooting your system after uninstalling Flox.

MacOS (Homebrew)

The following commands will completely remove Nix and the contents of /nix/* from the system.

Be sure to back up the system and/or extract any important Nix-related files and packages before continuing.

You may be asked if the terminal has permission to modify contents of the disk.

Run:

brew uninstall flox

To remove all traces of flox including user preferences uninstall with:

brew uninstall --zap flox

In the case of recovering a partial install, a force and zap can help:

brew uninstall --force --zap flox

We recommend rebooting your system after uninstalling Flox.

Debian

For use on Debian, Ubuntu, and other Debian-based distributions.

The following command will completely remove Nix and the contents of /nix/* from the system.

Be sure to back up the system and/or extract any important Nix-related files and packages before continuing.

sudo apt-get purge flox

We recommend rebooting your system after uninstalling Flox.

RPM

For use on RedHat, CentOS, Amazon Linux, and other RPM-based distributions.

The following command will completely remove Nix and the contents of /nix/* from the system.

Be sure to back up the system and/or extract any important Nix-related files and packages before continuing.

sudo yum remove flox

We recommend rebooting your system after uninstalling Flox.

Output on success:

$ sudo yum remove flox
Updating Subscription Management repositories.
Unable to read consumer identity

This system is not registered to Red Hat Subscription Management.
You can use subscription-manager to register.

Dependencies resolved.
======================================================================
    Package       Architecture    Version              Repository   Size
======================================================================
Removing:
    flox          x86_64          1.4.3-1625910780     @@System     109 M

Transaction Summary
======================================================================
Remove  1 Package

Freed space: 109 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
    Preparing        :                                               1/1
    Running scriptlet: flox-1.4.3-1625910780.x86_64                  1/1
floxadm uninstall complete

    Erasing          : flox-1.4.3-1625910780.x86_64                  1/1
    Running scriptlet: flox-1.4.3-1625910780.x86_64                  1/1
    Verifying        : flox-1.4.3-1625910780.x86_64                  1/1
Installed products updated.

Removed:
    flox-1.4.3-1625910780.x86_64

Complete!

Nix (Generic)

If you've installed flox to the system-wide default profile

sudo -H nix profile remove \
        '.*flox' \
        --profile /nix/var/nix/profiles/default \
        --experimental-features "nix-command flakes"

Or, if you've installed flox to your own personal profile

nix profile remove \
        '.*flox' \
        --experimental-features "nix-command flakes"

Or, if you've declared Flox using a flake, remove the Flake

WSL

Please follow the instructions provided on either the Debian or RPM tab (whichever matches the existing Linux Distribution installed with your WSL) to uninstall Flox.