Removing Orphaned Packages

Remove orphaned dependencies that were pulled in automatically but are no longer needed.

Remove orphans from all managers

stamp autoremove

  brew: removed 2 package(s)
  dnf: cleaned
  flatpak: cleaned

Managers without a native autoremove command are silently skipped.

Preview orphans

Use --dry-run / -d to see which packages would be removed:

stamp autoremove --dry-run

  pacman: would remove 3 package(s)
    - libfoo
    - libbar
    - libbaz

Only managers that can list orphans independently (Pacman, Paru) show specific package names in dry-run mode.

Scoped to a manager

stamp autoremove -m brew

  brew: removed 2 package(s)

Per-manager details

Manager Command Dry-run
Brew brew autoremove ✗ (no preview)
DNF sudo dnf autoremove -y ✗
APT sudo apt autoremove -y ✗
Pacman List: pacman -Qdtq, Remove: sudo pacman -Rs ✓ lists orphans
Paru Same as pacman ✓ lists orphans
Zypper sudo zypper rm -u --non-interactive ✗
Flatpak flatpak uninstall --unused -y ✗
MacPorts sudo port reclaim --yes ✗
Others ✗ Not supported —