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> Warning
> This program is experimental and its interface is subject to change.

# Name

`nix profile wipe-history` - delete non-current versions of a profile

# Synopsis

`nix profile wipe-history` [option...]

# Examples

- Delete all versions of the default profile older than 100 days:

      # nix profile wipe-history --profile /tmp/profile --older-than 100d
      removing profile version 515
      removing profile version 514

# Description

This command deletes non-current versions of a profile, making it impossible to roll back to these versions. By default, all non-current versions are deleted. With `--older-than` N`d`, all non-current versions older than N days are deleted.

# Options

- `--dry-run` Show what this command would do without doing it.

- `--older-than` age Delete versions older than the specified age. age must be in the format N`d`, where N denotes a number of days.

- `--profile` path The profile to operate on.

Logging-related options:

- `--debug` Set the logging verbosity level to 'debug'.

- `--print-build-logs` / `-L` Print full build logs on standard error.

- `--quiet` Decrease the logging verbosity level.

- `--verbose` / `-v` Increase the logging verbosity level.

Miscellaneous global options:

- `--help` Show usage information.

- `--offline` Disable substituters and consider all previously downloaded files up-to-date.

- `--option` name value Set the Lix configuration setting name to value (overriding `nix.conf`).

- `--refresh` Consider all previously downloaded files out-of-date.

- `--version` Show version information.

> Note

> See `man nix.conf` for overriding configuration settings with command line flags.