How to remove an installed package using go modules

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Found it https://go.dev/blog/using-go-modules#removing-unused-dependencies

go mod tidy

So basically, once the package is not being imported in any package you can perform a go mod tidy and it will safely remove the unused dependencies.

And if you are vendoring the dependencies, then run the command below to make the module changes be applied in the vendor folder:

go mod vendor

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