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# meteor remove

> Remove packages from your Meteor project

The `meteor remove` command removes one or more packages from your Meteor project.

## Usage

```bash theme={null}
meteor remove <package> [package...]
```

## Basic Usage

Remove a single package:

```bash theme={null}
meteor remove autopublish
```

Remove multiple packages:

```bash theme={null}
meteor remove autopublish insecure
```

## Options

<ParamField path="--allow-incompatible-update" type="boolean" default="false">
  Allow packages in your project to be upgraded or downgraded to versions that are potentially incompatible with the current versions, if required to satisfy all package version constraints.
</ParamField>

## Examples

Remove default development packages:

```bash theme={null}
meteor remove autopublish insecure
```

Remove a package allowing incompatible updates:

```bash theme={null}
meteor remove my-package --allow-incompatible-update
```

Remove authentication packages:

```bash theme={null}
meteor remove accounts-password accounts-ui
```

## What Happens When You Remove a Package

When you remove a package:

1. The package is removed from `.meteor/packages`
2. The package and its exclusive dependencies are unloaded
3. `.meteor/versions` is updated
4. The app is rebuilt without the package

## Viewing Current Packages

To see which packages are in your project:

```bash theme={null}
meteor list
```

To see all packages including transitive dependencies:

```bash theme={null}
meteor list --tree
```

## Common Packages to Remove

### Development Packages

These should typically be removed before deploying to production:

```bash theme={null}
meteor remove autopublish  # Auto-publishes all DB data to clients
meteor remove insecure     # Allows client-side DB writes
```

### Switching UI Frameworks

When switching from one UI framework to another:

```bash theme={null}
# Remove Blaze
meteor remove blaze-html-templates

# Remove React
meteor remove react-meteor-data

# Remove Vue
meteor remove vue-meteor-tracker
```

## Dependencies

Removing a package doesn't automatically remove its dependencies if those dependencies are used by other packages in your project.

To see why a package is in your project:

```bash theme={null}
meteor list --tree
```

## Troubleshooting

If removing a package causes version conflicts:

```bash theme={null}
# Try allowing incompatible updates
meteor remove package --allow-incompatible-update

# Or update packages after removal
meteor remove package
meteor update
```

## Related Commands

* [`meteor add`](/cli/add) - Add packages to your project
* [`meteor list`](/cli/list) - List packages in your project
* [`meteor update`](/cli/update) - Update packages to newer versions