# How to uninstall non-plugin gems from Logstash?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-uninstall-non-plugin-gems-from-logstash/93837>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [July 19, 2017, 8:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-uninstall-non-plugin-gems-from-logstash/93837 "2017-07-19T20:21:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![jakinov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4491bb/32.png) [@jakinov](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jakinov)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2017, 8:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-uninstall-non-plugin-gems-from-logstash/93837/1 "2017-07-19T20:21:37Z")

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how do I uninstall non-plugin gems from Logtash? Is there a cleaner way besides manually going in and deleting the folders and files and editing the Gemspec?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 8:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-uninstall-non-plugin-gems-from-logstash/93837/2 "2017-08-16T20:22:19Z")

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