# Reset base environment

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/reset-base-environment/125833>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [February 12, 2025, 3:31pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/reset-base-environment/125833 "2025-02-12T15:31:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Donald](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac8455/32.png) [@Donald](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Donald)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 3:31pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/reset-base-environment/125833/1 "2025-02-12T15:31:41Z")

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I accidentally installed the Example package into my base (@v1.11) Julia environment. Is there a way to reset the environment and remove this package?

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**Author:** ![eldee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5a626/32.png) [@eldee](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/eldee)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 3:34pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/reset-base-environment/125833/2 "2025-02-12T15:34:56Z")

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Not sure this fully qualifies as resetting, but you can just use `] rm Example` or `using Pkg; Pkg.rm("Example")` to remove the package.

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**Author:** ![Donald](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac8455/32.png) [@Donald](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Donald)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 3:44pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/reset-base-environment/125833/3 "2025-02-12T15:44:59Z")

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Thank you. I installed the package with `] dev Example` so it also cloned a Git repo to `~/.julia/dev/`. I’m guessing I can just delete that manually?

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**Author:** ![eldee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5a626/32.png) [@eldee](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/eldee)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 4:21pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/reset-base-environment/125833/4 "2025-02-12T16:21:53Z")

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Yeah, that’s fine.