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title: How to Remove a Submodule in Git
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Removing a submodule is useful when it is no longer required. The steps below outline the removal of a submodule.
## Remove Submodule
* Delete the section referring to the submodule from the `.gitmodules` file
* Stage the changes via `git add .gitmodules`
* Delete the relevant section of the submodule from `.git/config`.
* Run `git rm --cached path_to_submodule` (no trailing slash)
* Run `rm -rf .git/modules/path_to_submodule`
* Commit the changes with `git commit -m "Removed submodule "
* Delete the now untracked submodule files `rm -rf path_to_submodule`
## Sources
* Stackoverflow — How do I remove a submodule
* git.wiki.kernel.org — Git submodule removal