How do I uninstall Drush?

Question

composer global require drush/drush:dev-master

How do I uninstall it using Composer?

Not really Drupal-related as such but stackoverflow.com/questions/19217477/… — Clive, Nov 1 '14 at 23:16
Thanks, I didn't see that. Drush has the documentation how to install it, therefore I think there should be drush related information how to uninstall it. — kenorb, Nov 1 '14 at 23:22

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:41:25Z

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It seems there is no single remove command, so you need to:

Edit your composer.json file, e.g.
```
vim ~/.composer/composer.json
```
and remove line containing drush. Save the file.
Update Composer PHP packages by:
```
composer global update
```
It will remove a globally installed drush.

If you don't have composer command in your PATH, try php composer.phar instead.

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answered Nov 3 '14 at 15:42

kenorb

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There is no mention of drush in my ~/.composer/composer.json. Even I run composer global update it is not removing. I can still see it using drush version command. Why is so? I have PHP 5.3.29 on Ubuntu 14.04. Please advise.
– Niladri Sarkar
Jun 22 '16 at 10:47
@NiladriSarkar Maybe drush has been installed by the different method. Check which drush or check to which package this file belong, etc.
– kenorb
Jun 22 '16 at 12:43
which drush shows /usr/local/bin/drush. And I installed drush using composer. Reference: docs.drush.org/en/master/install and docs.drush.org/en/master/install-alternative. How can I resolve it now please help!
– Niladri Sarkar
Jun 22 '16 at 12:59
@NiladriSarkar It may be just a symlink, so check where it points to, or just remove the symlink. It's best if you ask another question saying your drush is not in composer.json and it's still there, but it's rather question at superuser. Since it won't be a quick one. Or you may add bounty to this one clarifying how this doesn't solve the problem for you. Normally it should be removed by composer global update if global composer.js doesn't have it.
– kenorb
Jun 22 '16 at 14:11

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leymannx · Accepted Answer · 2020-12-27 17:13:31Z

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You can use composer global remove drush/drush to uninstall a global Drush.

Or use composer remove drush/drush to uninstall a project-local Drush.

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answered Feb 24 '18 at 22:16

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