---
name: "aa-remove-unknown"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "apparmor"
version: "4.1.8-2"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/aa-remove-unknown"
---

# aa-remove-unknown(8)

remove unknown AppArmor profiles

## NAME

aa-remove-unknown - remove unknown AppArmor profiles

## SYNOPSIS

**aa-remove-unknown** \[option\]

## DESCRIPTION

**aa-remove-unknown** will inventory all profiles in /etc/apparmor.d/, compare that list to the profiles currently loaded into the kernel, and then remove all of the loaded profiles that were not found in /etc/apparmor.d/. It will also report the name of each profile that it removes on standard out.

## OPTIONS

- \-h, --help

  displays a short usage statement.

- \-n

  dry run; only prints the names of profiles that would be removed

## EXAMPLES

```
  $ sudo ./aa-remove-unknown -n
  Would remove 'test//null-/usr/bin/whoami'
  Would remove 'test'
  $ sudo ./aa-remove-unknown
  Removing 'test//null-/usr/bin/whoami'
  Removing 'test'
```

## BUGS

None. Please report any you find to Gitlab at \<https://gitlab.com/apparmor/apparmor/-/issues\>.

## SEE ALSO

[**apparmor**(7)](/apparmor/7.md)