---
name: "git-annex-unannex"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "git-annex"
version: "10.20261026-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/git-annex-unannex"
---

# git-annex-unannex(1)

undo accidental add command

## NAME

git-annex-unannex - undo accidental add command

## SYNOPSIS

git annex unannex **\[path ...\]**

## DESCRIPTION

Use this to undo an accidental **git annex add** command. It puts the file back how it was before the add.

Note that for safety, the content of the file remains in the annex, until you use **git annex unused** and **git annex dropunused**.

This is not the command you should use if you intentionally added a file some time ago, and don't want its contents any more. In that case you should use **git annex drop** instead, and you can also **git rm** the file.

## OPTIONS

- **--fast**

  -

  Normally this does a slow copy of the file. In **--fast** mode, it instead makes a hard link from the file to the content in the annex. But use --fast mode with caution, because editing the file will change the content in the annex.

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  - **--json**

  Enable JSON output. This is intended to be parsed by programs that use git-annex. Each line of output is a JSON object.

-

  - **--json-error-messages**

  Messages that would normally be output to standard error are included in the JSON instead.

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  - file matching options

  The [git-annex-matching-options(1)](/git-annex-matching-options/1.md) can be used to specify files to unannex.

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  - Also the [git-annex-common-options(1)](/git-annex-common-options/1.md) can be used.

  ## SEE ALSO

[git-annex(1)](/git-annex/1.md)

## AUTHOR

Joey Hess \<id@joeyh.name\>