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<div class="h9">Exception Message:</div>
<pre><code>PM&gt; Remove-Migration
Remove-Migration : The term 'Remove-Migration' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At line:1 char:1
+ Remove-Migration
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (Remove-Migration:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException
</code></pre>
<div class="image-outer"><img src="https://www.learnentityframeworkcore.com/images/efcore/migrations/remove-migration/troubleshooting-the-term-remove-migration-isn-t-recognized-as-a-valid-command.png" loading="lazy" alt="Exception - The migration has already been applied to the database"></div>
<div class="h9">Cause:</div>
<p>This error arise when the <a href="https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools">Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools</a> package isn't referenced in your migrations project.</p>
<div class="h9">Solution:</div>
<p>Ensure the <a href="https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools">Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools</a> package is installed or referenced in your migrations project.</p>
<p>You can install it via NuGet Package Manager:</p>
<pre><code>Install-Package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools
</code></pre>
<p>Or using .NET CLI:</p>
<pre><code>dotnet add package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools
</code></pre>

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