---
name: "Class::Unload"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libclass-unload-perl"
version: "0.11-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Class::Unload"
---

# Class::Unload(3pm)

Unload a class

## NAME

Class::Unload - Unload a class

## VERSION

version 0.11

## SYNOPSIS

```
    use Class::Unload;
    use Class::Inspector;
    use Some::Class;
    Class::Unload->unload( 'Some::Class' );
    Class::Inspector->loaded( 'Some::Class' ); # Returns false
    require Some::Class; # Reloads the class
```

## METHODS

### unload $class

Unloads the given class by clearing out its symbol table and removing it from `%INC`.  If it's a Moose class, the metaclass is also removed.

## SEE ALSO

Class::Inspector

## ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thanks to Matt S. Trout, James Mastros and Uri Guttman for various tips and pointers.

## AUTHOR

Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker \<ilmari@ilmari.org\>;

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2017 by Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.