# Free all packages at once

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/free-all-packages-at-once/57075>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [March 13, 2021, 2:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/free-all-packages-at-once/57075 "2021-03-13T14:25:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![lferrant](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/lferrant/32/22751_2.png) [@lferrant](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lferrant)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2021, 2:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/free-all-packages-at-once/57075/1 "2021-03-13T14:25:18Z")

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Hi everyone,

suppose I am deving several packages, say `PkgA, PkgB, PkgC`. Is there a shortcut (like `free all` or something) to free all packages at once without having to explicitly type all package names like in `free PkgA PkgB PkgC`?

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**Author:** ![ianshmean](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ianshmean/32/216042_2.png) [@ianshmean](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ianshmean)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2021, 8:52pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/free-all-packages-at-once/57075/2 "2021-03-13T20:52:55Z")

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The question also came up recently about `pkg> rm --all` so here’s a PR  
[https://github.com/JuliaLang/Pkg.jl/pull/2432](https://github.com/JuliaLang/Pkg.jl/pull/2432)