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Asked: 2026-05-30T22:19:39+00:00

There’s a particular package that I like for my project that is on NuGet.

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There’s a particular package that I like for my project that is on NuGet. However, the package author has decided to include several dependant packages that I don’t care for and are not required by the main package. I have tried convincing the package author that these should be separate packages and not dependancies – to no avail.

Is there a way to tell NuGet that I want a package but to exclude a dependancy?

Perhaps something in the packages.config like this or similar?

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<packages>
  <package id="SomePackage" version="1.0.0">
    <ignoredependancy id="SomePackage.UselessStuff" />
  </package>
</packages>
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  1. Editorial Team

    I figured it out.

    Install-Package -IgnoreDependencies

    or

    Uninstall-Package -Force

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