tlmgr remove

Uninstall TeX Live packages. By default, removed packages will be backed up to ./tlpkg/backups under the TL installation directory. More information: https://www.tug.org/texlive/tlmgr.html.

• Uninstall a TeX Live package:

sudo tlmgr remove package

• Simulate uninstalling a package without making any changes:

tlmgr remove --dry-run package

• Uninstall a package without its dependencies:

sudo tlmgr remove --no-depends package

• Uninstall a package and back it up to a specific directory:

sudo tlmgr remove --backupdir path/to/directory package

• Uninstall all of TeX Live, asking for confirmation:

sudo tlmgr remove --all