Ark lives
on the desktop.

A package manager for AI systems. Built to be installed, audited, and published from a terminal.

Open getark.dev on your laptop to browse the marketplace and install packages.

ark unpublish

Soft-delete a package you authored from the Ark registry. The package disappears from search and detail pages, but existing local installs keep working.

Syntax

Usage

ark unpublish <name> [-y | --yes]

Prerequisites

You must be authenticated (ark login)
You must be the original author of the package (verified server-side via your token)

Behavior

Soft delete — the package is removed from ark search, ark info, and the public registry listing, but existing installs continue working locally.
Name reserved — the package name stays yours. You can republish later with ark publish after bumping the version.
Idempotent — re-running on an already-unpublished package is safe and returns the same result.
Author-only — only the original author can unpublish. Verification is server-side via your auth token.

Example

Terminal

$ ark unpublish my-agent

  Verifying ownership...
  ✓ You are the author of my-agent

  This will remove my-agent from search results and the public listing.
  Existing installs will keep working. The name stays reserved for you.

  Continue? (y/N) y

  Unpublishing...
  ✓ my-agent is now unpublished

  You can republish anytime by bumping the version in ark.json and running ark publish.

Skip confirmation

For scripts and automation, use -y or --yes to skip the confirmation prompt.