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dnfRemoveOldKernels.md

Remove old kernels & modules & headers with dnf in fedora

List installed kernels

rpm -qa kernel* |sort -V

exmple output:

kernel-5.6.6-300.fc32.x86_64
kernel-5.8.11-200.fc32.x86_64
kernel-core-5.6.6-300.fc32.x86_64
kernel-core-5.8.11-200.fc32.x86_64
kernel-headers-5.8.11-200.fc32.x86_64
kernel-modules-5.6.6-300.fc32.x86_64
kernel-modules-5.8.11-200.fc32.x86_64
kernel-modules-extra-5.6.6-300.fc32.x86_64
kernel-modules-extra-5.8.11-200.fc32.x86_64

Be sure you are not running the kernel you plan on removing

uname -r

exmple output:

5.8.11-200.fc32.x86_64

To remove old & unused kernels:

sudo dnf remove kernel*5.6.6-300.fc32.x86_64
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