# aa-remove-unknown - remove unknown AppArmor profiles - man(8) - [phpMan]

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## 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)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/apparmor/7/markdown)

AppArmor 4.0.1                               2026-04-13                         [_AA-REMOVE-UNKNOWN_(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/AA-REMOVE-UNKNOWN/8/markdown)