dotnet-remove-reference(1) .NET Documentation dotnet-remove-reference(1)

This article applies to: ✔️ .NET Core 3.1 SDK and later versions

dotnet-remove-reference - Removes project-to-project (P2P) references.

dotnet remove [<PROJECT>] reference [-f|--framework <FRAMEWORK>]
     <PROJECT_REFERENCES>
dotnet remove reference -h|--help

The dotnet remove reference command provides a convenient option to remove project references from a project.

PROJECT

Target project file. If not specified, the command searches the current directory for one.

PROJECT_REFERENCES

Project-to-project (P2P) references to remove. You can specify one or multiple projects. Glob patterns (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glob_(programming)) are supported on Unix/Linux based terminals.

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-?|-h|--help

Prints out a description of how to use the command.

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-f|--framework <FRAMEWORK>

Removes the reference only when targeting a specific framework using the TFM format.

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Remove a project reference from the specified project:
dotnet remove app/app.csproj reference lib/lib.csproj
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Remove multiple project references from the project in the current directory:
dotnet remove reference lib1/lib1.csproj lib2/lib2.csproj
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Remove multiple project references using a glob pattern on Unix/Linux:
dotnet remove app/app.csproj reference **/*.csproj`
2023-10-25