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AA-REMOVE-UNKNOWN(8)                          AppArmor                          AA-REMOVE-UNKNOWN(8)

NAME
       aa-remove-unknown - remove unknown AppArmor profiles

SYNOPSIS
       aa-remove-unknown [option]

DESCRIPTION
       aa-remove-unknown will inventory all profiles in /etc/apparmor.d/, compare that list to the
       profiles currently loaded into the kernel, and then remove all of the loaded profiles that
       were not found in /etc/apparmor.d/. It will also report the name of each profile that it
       removes on standard out.

OPTIONS
       -h, --help
           displays a short usage statement.

       -n  dry run; only prints the names of profiles that would be removed

EXAMPLES
         $ sudo ./aa-remove-unknown -n
         Would remove 'test//null-/usr/bin/whoami'
         Would remove 'test'

         $ sudo ./aa-remove-unknown
         Removing 'test//null-/usr/bin/whoami'
         Removing 'test'

BUGS
       None.       Please       report       any       you       find       to       Gitlab       at
       <https://gitlab.com/apparmor/apparmor/-/issues>.

SEE ALSO
       apparmor(7)

AppArmor 4.0.1                               2026-04-13                         AA-REMOVE-UNKNOWN(8)