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user@ncase:~$ flatpak list
Ref                                                  Options       
org.DolphinEmu.dolphin-emu/x86_64/stable             system,current
org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.nvidia-396-54/x86_64/1.4 system,runtime
org.freedesktop.Platform.ffmpeg/x86_64/1.6           system,runtime
org.freedesktop.Platform/x86_64/1.6                  system,runtime
org.gtk.Gtk3theme.Adapta-Eta/x86_64/3.22             system,runtime
org.kde.Platform/x86_64/5.11                         system,runtime
org.kde.Platform/x86_64/5.9                          system,runtime
user@ncase:~$ flatpak list --app
Ref                                      Options       
org.DolphinEmu.dolphin-emu/x86_64/stable system,current
user@ncase:~$ flatpak uninstall

As you can see, I only have 1 flatpak app installed, but I have a lot of flatpak runtimes installed. Are they safe to uninstall, or are they still in use somehow?

Falc
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  • the different runtimes might be there for apps that need specific versions (like some java aps) if you know nothing needs them it is probably safe... if you keep a list of everything, you can always reinstall it if something breaks – Joshua Besneatte Sep 20 '18 at 21:26

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To add to @karel's answer: The command flatpak uninstall --unused uninstalls all unneeded runtimes.

Georgelemental
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  • This won't remove pinned packages. I have old, pinned versions of packages. How can I remove or unpin them? Note: I can't just use the package name, I need to include the specific version but can't find info on how to do that. – Michael Butler Oct 11 '23 at 14:42
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The six Flatpak runtimes that are installed are being used by the DolphinEmu Flatpak app (org.DolphinEmu.dolphin-emu/x86_64/stable), so it is not safe to uninstall them.

Assuming that you no longer have any Flatpak apps installed it's safe to remove all the installed Flatpak runtimes with a command of the form flatpak uninstall --runtime ID-of-1st-app ID-of-next-app ID-of-last-app. These Flatpak runtimes will get automatically reinstalled the next time that you install a Flatpak app from the flathub remote, so it makes sense to not uninstall these Flatpak runtimes unless you are sure that you don't want to install any more Flatpak apps.

karel
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