Name

       nix-store --delete - delete store paths

Synopsis

       nix-store --delete [--ignore-liveness] paths…

Description

       The operation --delete deletes the store paths paths from the Nix store, but only if it is safe to do so;
       that  is,  when  the  path is not reachable from a root of the garbage collector. This means that you can
       only delete paths that would also be deleted by nix-store --gc. Thus, --delete is a more targeted version
       of --gc.

       With the option --ignore-liveness, reachability from the roots is ignored. However, the path still  won’t
       be deleted if there are other paths in the store that refer to it (i.e., depend on it).

       {{#include ./opt-common.md}}

       {{#include ../opt-common.md}}

       {{#include ../env-common.md}}

Example

       $ nix-store --delete /nix/store/zq0h41l75vlb4z45kzgjjmsjxvcv1qk7-mesa-6.4
       0 bytes freed (0.00 MiB)
       error: cannot delete path `/nix/store/zq0h41l75vlb4z45kzgjjmsjxvcv1qk7-mesa-6.4' since it is still alive

                                                                                           nix-store --delete(1)