{"id":3312,"date":"2015-12-31T10:39:42","date_gmt":"2015-12-31T10:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/?p=3312"},"modified":"2021-02-06T10:45:16","modified_gmt":"2021-02-06T10:45:16","slug":"how-to-remove-old-linux-kernel-from-linux-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/how-to-remove-old-linux-kernel-from-linux-server\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Remove Old Linux Kernel from Linux Server"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">If you have the different versions of Linux kernel installed on your server and you are\u00a0using only the latest one and \u00a0want to remove the old, unused kernel\u2019s on server. Follow the below steps to remove the old kernels.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">First use the below command to check the currently used kernel version on server. So that u can keep live one and delete others.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \">uname -a<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Now use the below rpm command to list out the installed kernels on server. The output clearly show\u2019s list of kernels available on servers.\u00a0I can see that i\u2019m using the last kernel which is displayed below. And i want to remove rest of the two from server those are outdated.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true\">root@server1 [~]# rpm -q kernel\r\nkernel-2.6.32-504.1.3.el6.x86_64\r\nkernel-2.6.32-431.23.3.el6.x86_64\r\nkernel-2.6.32-573.8.1.el6.x86_64\r\nkernel-2.6.32-431.20.3.el6.x86_64\r\nkernel-2.6.32-604.30.3.lve1.3.63.el6.x86_64\r\n<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Use the below rpm command to remove the old kernels on server:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true\">rpm -e kernel-2.6.32-504.1.3.el6.x86_64\r\nrpm -e kernel-2.6.32-431.23.3.el6.x86_64\r\nrpm -e kernel-2.6.32-573.8.1.el6.x86_64\r\nrpm -e kernel-2.6.32-431.20.3.el6.x86_64<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Once done again you can\u00a0confirm whether the old kernel\u2019s are removed or not.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \">rpm -q kernel<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The output will clearly shows you that only\u00a0latest kernel is\u00a0available on server.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Please stay tune with us&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you have the different versions of Linux kernel installed on your server and you are\u00a0using only the latest one and \u00a0want to remove the old, unused kernel\u2019s on server. 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