flatpak-mask(1) — Linux manual page

FLATPAK MASK(1)                flatpak mask               FLATPAK MASK(1)

NAME         top

       flatpak-mask - Mask out updates and automatic installation

SYNOPSIS         top

       flatpak mask [OPTION...] PATTERN...

DESCRIPTION         top

       Flatpak maintains a list of patterns that define which refs are
       masked. A masked ref will never be updated or automatically
       installed (for example a masked extension marked auto-download
       will not be downloaded). You can still manually install such refs,
       but once they are installed the version will be pinned.

       The patterns are just a partial ref, with the * character matching
       anything within that part of the ref. Here are some example
       patterns:

           org.some.App
           org.some.App//unstable
           app/org.domain.*
           org.some.App/arm

       To list the current set of masks, run this command without any
       patterns.

OPTIONS         top

       The following options are understood:

       -h, --help
           Show help options and exit.

       --remove
           Instead of adding the patterns, remove matching patterns.

       -u, --user
           Mask refs in a per-user installation.

       --system
           Mask refs in the default system-wide installation.

       --installation=NAME
           Mask refs in a system-wide installation specified by NAME
           among those defined in /etc/flatpak/installations.d/. Using
           --installation=default is equivalent to using --system.

       -v, --verbose
           Print debug information during command processing.

EXAMPLES         top

       $ flatpak mask

       $ flatpak mask org.broken.App

       $ flatpak mask --remove org.broken.App

SEE ALSO         top

       flatpak(1), flatpak-update(1),

COLOPHON         top

       This page is part of the flatpak (a tool for building and
       distributing desktop applications on Linux) project.  Information
       about the project can be found at ⟨http://flatpak.org/⟩.  It is
       not known how to report bugs for this man page; if you know,
       please send a mail to man-pages@man7.org.  This page was obtained
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       ⟨https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak⟩ on 2025-08-11.  (At that
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