# How to cleanup manifest\_usage.toml?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-cleanup-manifest-usage-toml/73349>\
**Category:** Package Management\
**Created:** [December 20, 2021, 1:30am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-cleanup-manifest-usage-toml/73349 "2021-12-20T01:30:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![amrods](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/amrods/32/2543_2.png) [@amrods](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/amrods)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2021, 1:30am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-cleanup-manifest-usage-toml/73349/1 "2021-12-20T01:30:53Z")

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`manifest_usage.toml` lists many manifests from projects that are not currently present in my machine. Is there a way to clean that up?

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**Author:** ![ericphanson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ericphanson/32/215186_2.png) [@ericphanson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ericphanson)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2021, 2:43am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-cleanup-manifest-usage-toml/73349/2 "2021-12-20T02:43:24Z")

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You can use @giordano’s [https://github.com/giordano/PkgCleanup.jl](https://github.com/giordano/PkgCleanup.jl)

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**Author:** ![kristoffer.carlsson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/kristoffer.carlsson/32/22_2.png) [@kristoffer.carlsson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kristoffer.carlsson)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2021, 6:43am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-cleanup-manifest-usage-toml/73349/3 "2021-12-20T06:43:03Z")

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Just run `pkg> gc`. This should be happening semi-regularly automatically on 1.7 so it shouldn’t get so big anymore.