Magento 2 Install / Uninstall Sample Data via Command Line

In this tutorial, we will talk about how to Install/Uninstall Sample Data via Command Line . As you know, Magento 2 have many commands in bin/magento folder. But it may be difficult to get approach with this, so let me explain about it in more detail.

Install / Uninstall Sample Data via command line

Go to Magento root folder and see usages:

php bin/magento maintenance:enable

1	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

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]

1	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

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

Uninstall Sample Data Syntax

Go to Magento root folder and see usages:

php bin/magento sampledata:remove -h

1	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

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]

1	php bin/magento sampledata:remove [options]

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