remove a loaded library from workspace r

To remove a loaded library from the workspace in R, you can use the detach() function. Here are the steps to do this:

  1. Identify the library name: First, you need to know the name of the library that you want to remove. You can check the loaded libraries by using the search() function, which will display all the loaded libraries in your R session.

  2. Detach the library: Once you have identified the library name, you can use the detach() function to remove it from the workspace. The syntax for the detach() function is detach(package:library, unload = TRUE), where package is the name of the package and unload is a logical value indicating whether to unload the namespace associated with the package.

  3. Verify removal: After executing the detach() function, you can check if the library has been successfully removed by using the search() function again. The removed library should no longer be listed.

Here is an example of how you can remove a loaded library named "dplyr" from the workspace:

# Step 1: Check loaded libraries
search()

# Step 2: Detach the library
detach(package:dplyr, unload = TRUE)

# Step 3: Verify removal
search()

By following these steps, you can remove a loaded library from the workspace in R. It is important to note that removing a library does not uninstall it from your R environment, but only removes it from the current session. If you want to permanently uninstall a library, you can use the remove.packages() function.