How do I delete NuGet packages that are not referenced by any project in my solution?

Question

Somehow during the upgrade to VS2012 and .NET 4.5, I\'ve managed to get NuGet confused. There are packages that appear in the package manager (and the packages folder) that I c

Answer 1

Solution 1

Use the powershell pipeline to get packages and remove in single statement like this

Get-Package | Uninstall-Package

Solution 2

if you want to uninstall selected packages follow these steps

1. Use GetPackages to get the list of packages
2. Download Nimble text software
3. Copy the output of GetPackages in NimbleText(For each row in the list window)
4. Set Column Seperator to ( if required
5. Type Uninstall-Package $0 (Substitute using pattern window)
6. Copy the results and paste them in Package Manage Console

That be all folks.