Magento 2 Install / Uninstall Sample Data via Command Line

In this tutorial, we will talk about Install / Uninstall Sample Data via Command Line in Command Line Series. As you know, from Magento 2, they add many commands in bin/magento. If you find it quite hard to understand this, I will try to make it easier for you to understand by the instructions to install and uninstall sample data via command lines.

Let’s start!

Install / Uninstall Sample Data via command line

Go to Magento admin root folder and show usages:

php bin/magento maintenance:enable

Result:

Usage:
  sampledata:deploy [options]

Options:
      --no-update       Update composer.json without executing composer update
  -h, --help            Display this help message
  -q, --quiet           Do not output any message
  -V, --version         Display this application version
      --ansi            Force ANSI output
      --no-ansi         Disable ANSI output
  -n, --no-interaction  Do not ask any interactive question
  -v|vv|vvv, --verbose  Increase the verbosity of messages: 1 for normal output, 2 for more verbose output and 3 for debug

Help:
  Deploy sample data modules

Install Sample Data Syntax

php bin/magento sampledata:deploy [options]

By default, it will update latest version of sample data via composer, then install it. You can disable it with parameter: --no-update

php bin/magento sampledata:deploy --no-update

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Output:

Uninstall Sample Data Syntax

Go to Magento admin root folder and show usages:

php bin/magento sampledata:remove -h

Output:

Usage:                                                                                                                     
  sampledata:remove [options]                                                                                              
                                                                                                                           
Options:                                                                                                                   
      --no-update       Update composer.json without executing composer update                                             
  -h, --help            Display this help message                                                                          
  -q, --quiet           Do not output any message                                                                          
  -V, --version         Display this application version                                                                   
      --ansi            Force ANSI output                                                                                  
      --no-ansi         Disable ANSI output                                                                                
  -n, --no-interaction  Do not ask any interactive question                                                                
  -v|vv|vvv, --verbose  Increase the verbosity of messages: 1 for normal output, 2 for more verbose output and 3 for debug 
                                                                                                                           
Help:                                                                                                                      
  Remove all sample data packages from composer.json                                                                       

Syntax:

php bin/magento sampledata:remove [options]

Wrap up

That’s how you can easily install and uninstall sample data via command lines in Magento 2. I hope this tutorial is helpful for you. If you have any questions, please let me know. Thanks for reading!

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