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= Removing repositories

This section shows how to remove a Yum repository (or `.repo` file).

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If you know the ID of a repository, but you're not sure what `.repo` it belongs to,
you can run the following command [red]#`pass:[grep -E "^\[.*\]" /etc/yum.repos.d/*]`#.
This will print a list of the repository IDs that are associated with each Yum repository.
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* To remove a Yum repository, run the following command as `*root*`.
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rm /etc/yum.repos.d/*_file_name_*.repo
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Where *_file_name_* is the name of the `.repo` file.
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