How to Remove Composer Package in Laravel?

Hi,

In this example, i will show you how to remove composer package in laravel. you can understand a concept of how to remove package in laravel. this example will help you laravel remove composer package. i would like to share with you laravel remove github package.

Here, i will give you very simple step to remove composer package from laravel application. you can use this step for remove composer package in laravel 6, laravel 7, laravel 8, laravel 9, laravel 10 and laravel 11 version.

In this example we will install dompdf composer package with following command:

composer require barryvdh/laravel-dompdf

If you installed by misteck above package then we can remove it by following step.

UnInstall Composer Package:

Remove providers and aliases

If you added providers and aliases for your composer package then you have to remove it as bellow screen shot:

config/app.php

Remove Package using Command:

Here bellow command to remove composer package. so let's see bellow syntax and command for remove dompdf package:

Syntax:

composer remove package_name

Example:

composer remove barryvdh/laravel-dompdf

Remove Config File:

Now we have to run following command to clear config file. so let's run as bellow:

php artisan config:clear

that's it.

i hope it can help you...