# Clearing a variable?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/clearing-a-variable/32618>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Created:** [December 23, 2019, 11:32am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/clearing-a-variable/32618 "2019-12-23T11:32:04Z")\
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> [@amca01](#):
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> Is there any way of completely removing a user variable from the namespace?

No

> [@amca01](#):
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> Or of writing over it?

No, variable can only be declared `const` at their first definition (and function-defs do this implicitly).

(Also, a variable which was declared `const` cannot be bound to a value of another type.)

Sorry!

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