How to remove library installed with CocoaPods?

Question

I'm trying to fully remove a library I installed using CocoaPods.

I've removed the entry from my Podfile and called pod install from the terminal.

All the library files seems to be deleted but I can still do import myLibrary in my iOS Swift project without any build errors.

Why is this so?

Possible duplicate of [Remove or uninstall library previously added : cocoapods](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13751147/remove-or-uninstall-library-previously-added-cocoapods) — Marco, Feb 25 '16 at 12:14

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 28 '16 at 14:16

In order to completely remove the imports from a previously built project try to clean it first:

In Xcode:

⇧⌘K ( or Product > Clean )

This should clear the compiled code from within the projects release or debug directory:

/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/<Project>/Build/(Release or Debug)

The compiler will often try to use code that it's already compiled during the build process if it can.

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 20 '16 at 19:03

Try Cleaning your project.

or use deintegrate

 $ gem install cocoapods-deintegrate
 $ gem install cocoapods-clean

in your project folder

 $ pod deintegrate

 $ pod clean

Modify your pod file (delete what you don't want to use anymore)

 $ pod deintegrate

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