How to completely remove a package from PyPI or TestPyPI?

Asked Jun 06 '23 at 13:10

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I could remove all releases of my package example_package_superkai but could not remove the package itself from PyPI or TestPyPI as shown below:

Or:

Actually, How to remove a package from Pypi doesn't have such answers.

So, how can I completely remove a package from PyPI or TestPyPI?

edited Jun 06 '23 at 14:13

asked Jun 06 '23 at 13:10

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You appear to have removed the *package*, as there are no releases. The PyPI *index entry* is another matter. I don't believe you can (trivially) have it removed, because doing so opens the door for another, possibly malicious, user to upload a package with your old name that unsuspecting users may install, unaware they are no longer getting *your* former package. PEP 541 address the mechanism by which a package name *can* be transferred to another user, but until that transfer happens, your package entry remains. – chepner Jun 06 '23 at 14:30
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(TestPyPI obviously has different use cases, and I believe that while there is no mechanism for *you* to remove a package, abandoned names *can* be pruned by the administrators eventually.) – chepner Jun 06 '23 at 14:32
Related: https://discuss.python.org/t/stop-allowing-deleting-things-from-pypi/17227 -- https://discuss.python.org/t/is-pep-541-still-the-correct-solution/27436 -- https://discuss.python.org/t/pypi-policy-on-handing-over-protected-standard-library-names-to-third-party-maintainers/27143 – sinoroc Jun 06 '23 at 19:31

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