---
name: "rmmod"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "modutils"
version: "2.1.121-18"
release: "Debian 2.1 (Slink)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/rmmod"
---

# rmmod(1)

unload loadable modules

## NAME

rmmod - unload loadable modules

## SYNOPSIS

**rmmod** \[ -as \] module ...

## DESCRIPTION

**Rmmod** unloads loadable modules from the running kernel.

**Rmmod** tries to unload a set of modules from the kernel, with the restriction that they are not in use and that they are not referred to by other modules.

If more than one module is named on the command line, the modules will be removed simultansously.  This supports unloading of stacked modules.

### OPTIONS

- *-a*

  Remove all unused modules.

- *-s*

  Output everything to [**syslog**(3)](/syslog/3.md) instead of the terminal.

## SEE ALSO

[insmod(1)](/insmod/1.md), [lsmod(1)](/lsmod/1.md), [ksyms(1)](/ksyms/1.md), [modules(2)](/modules/2.md)

## HISTORY

Module support was first concieved by Anonymous\
 Initial Linux version by Bas Laarhoven \<bas@vimec.nl\>\
 Version 0.99.14 by Jon Tombs \<jon@gtex02.us.es\>\
 Extended by Bjorn Ekwall \<bj0rn@blox.se\>\
 Updated for 2.1.17 by Richard Henderson \<rth@tamu.edu\>