dotnet-core-uninstall does not work for .NET 8

[durandt]

Type of issue

Outdated article

Description

This article mentions that one may use the ".NET Uninstall Tool" to uninstall old runtimes and SDKs but the ".NET Uninstall Tool" hasn't been updated to support .NET 8:

$ ./dotnet-core-uninstall list

This tool cannot uninstall versions of the runtime or SDK that are installed using zip/scripts. The versions that can be uninstalled with this tool are:

.NET Core SDKs:
  8.0.101  (arm64)  [Cannot uninstall version 8.0.0 and above]                                    
  8.0.100  (arm64)  [Cannot uninstall version 8.0.0 and above]                                    
  7.0.310  (arm64)  [Used by Visual Studio for Mac. Specify individually or use —-force to remove]
  6.0.416  (arm64)                                                                                

.NET Core Runtimes:
  8.0.1   (arm64)  [Cannot uninstall version 8.0.0 and above]                                            
  8.0.0   (arm64)  [Cannot uninstall version 8.0.0 and above]                                            
  7.0.13  (arm64)  [Used by Visual Studio for Mac or SDKs. Specify individually or use —-force to remove]
  6.0.24  (arm64)  [Used by Visual Studio for Mac or SDKs. Specify individually or use —-force to remove]

$ ./dotnet-core-uninstall remove --sdk 8.0.100
Uninstallation not allowed. This tool cannot uninstall .NET Core SDKs with version 8.0.0 or above.

$ ./dotnet-core-uninstall remove --runtime 8.0.100
The specified version is not found: "8.0.100".

Related: https://github.com/dotnet/core/issues/1202

Page URL

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/install/remove-runtime-sdk-versions

Content source URL

https://github.com/dotnet/docs/blob/main/docs/core/install/remove-runtime-sdk-versions.md

Document Version Independent Id

090b8fbd-39e6-b754-e1da-890b1123f2c4

Article author

@adegeo

Metadata

• ID: 4efe9b33-ff9f-3b37-e8bd-a34c0a77bd1e
• Service: dotnet-fundamentals
• Sub-service: install

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Associated WorkItem - 208204

[adegeo]

I'll ask around internally to see what the story is.

[quitelight]

any updates?

[adegeo]

@quitelight @durandt @the1schwartz Sorry for the delay here. I did ask around and was told it's owned by the SDK folks but it sometimes just really lags behind. I also noticed this https://github.com/dotnet/cli-lab/issues/279 which has a roadmap for releasing the next version. It's close, but there are some blockers currently.