Unload All Packages in R: Best Practices

Unload All Packages in R: Best Practices

Key points R packages expand functionality but require management. Packages offer essential tools for analysis but can clutter your workspace and cause conflicts. detach() is the basic unloading tool. Start with detach("package:package_name", unload=TRUE) for individual package removal. Bulk unloading can be tricky. Use functions like lapply() or pacman::p_unload() to handle multiple packages and dependencies. Save your work first. Before unloading many packages, save your workspace to avoid accidental data loss. R Code # Load the dplyr and ggplot2 libraries library(dplyr) library(ggplot2) # Create a character vector containing the names of the packages to be detached packages <- c("ggplot2", "dplyr") # Detach each package from the search path for (pkg in packages) { detach(paste0("package:", pkg), character.only = TRUE) } # Unload all currently loaded packages using pacman pacman::p_unload(pacman::p_loaded(), character.only = TRUE) # Check which…