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 and laravel 10 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...