# Can't uninstall flox-prerelease

**URL:** <https://discourse.flox.dev/t/cant-uninstall-flox-prerelease/611>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [January 11, 2023, 3:31pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/cant-uninstall-flox-prerelease/611 "2023-01-11T15:31:15Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 11:32pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/cant-uninstall-flox-prerelease/611/10 "2023-01-11T23:32:00Z")

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Hi Eric. You asked if it would make sense to start over with your default environment and I would say yes, it would be good to clear out the old format metadata. Let’s start by doing that:

```auto
flox push # to make sure you have a backup
flox export > /tmp/default.tar
flox destroy
flox import < /tmp/default.tar
flox edit # remove mention of prerelease 
flox push —force # to remove old history upstream

```

That should do it - if any of those steps don’t work please can you repeat with `—debug` and send the output?

On the topic of prerelease, I suggest you switch to using the flox-managed `flox/prerelease` environment going forward. Not only does it provide you with the latest flox but will soon also provide the necessary magic to enable flox command line completion. Good stuff. 👍

(More background info on our plans for flox-managed environments is available [here](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/am-i-holding-flox-develop-wrong/599/4).)

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