How to Cleanly Uninstall a Theme

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AnthonyAnthony wrote the following post Tue, 22 Sep 2026 09:06:19 +0200

How to Cleanly Uninstall a Theme

Hello everyone,

I probably didn't search thoroughly enough, but I can't find how to cleanly uninstall a theme installed via
./util/add_theme_repo

Thanks in advance,

Anthony

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pepecyb@hub.hubzilla.hu@hub.hubzilla.hu ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
1. Deactivate the theme in the admin interface
2. Delete the symbolic link to the theme directory in view/theme
3. Delete the theme directory in extend/theme
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- abu@hub.alfredbuehler.ch ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  @Der Pepe (Hubzilla) ⁂ When there is a script that pulls a repo into your installation and creates links, there should be an uninstallation script as well. Analyzing the script and undoing it manually is, IMHO, not a solution. Just my 2 cents.
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  - pepecyb@hub.hubzilla.hu@hub.hubzilla.hu ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Take these:
    
    remove_theme_repository
    remove_theme
    
    https://code.pepecyb.net/pepecyb/pepes-hubzilla-snippets
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  - jrp@hub.kliklak.net@hub.kliklak.net ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    @Alfred Bühler Wouldn't need a big script either. Good idea. We've got to steer away from this "only nerds are able to use Hubzilla"-type of image.
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- emanuel@labonneheure.ch ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  @Der Pepe (Hubzilla) ⁂ maybe this can be added to the admin docu?
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  - pepecyb@hub.hubzilla.hu@hub.hubzilla.hu ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    👍
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- combray@social.heraut.eu ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  @Der Pepe (Hubzilla) ⁂ Thank you very much. I had missed the step of deleting the symbolic links, so the theme was still showing up in the admin interface :-) So that's taken care of.
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