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# Clean Up Your Brew Installations
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Over time as you upgrade brew-installed programs and make changes to your
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`Brewfile`, your machine will have artifacts left behind that you no longer
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need.
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Periodically, it is good to clean things up.
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First, you can get a summary of stale and outdated files that brew has
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installed. Use the `--dry-run` flag.
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```bash
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$ brew cleanup --dry-run
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```
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If you feel good about what you see in the output, then give things a clean.
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```bash
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$ brew cleanup
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```
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Second, if you are using a `Brewfile` to manage what `brew` installs, then you
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can instruct `brew` to uninstall any dependencies that aren't specified in that
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file.
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By default it operates as a dry run and the `--force` flag will be needed to
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actually do the cleanup. And specify the filename if it doesn't match the
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default of `Brewfile`.
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```bash
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$ brew bundle cleanup --file=Brewfile.personal
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```
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If the output looks good, then force the cleanup:
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```bash
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$ brew bundle cleanup --force --file=Brewfile.personal
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```
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See `brew cleanup --help` and `brew bundle --help` for more details.
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