---
title: "Breaking: #102181 - Removed CLI options using bin/typo3 cleanup:flexforms"
manual: "TYPO3 Core Changelog"
version: "main"
permalink: "https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/changelog:breaking-102181-1697467272"
source: "Changelog/13.0/Breaking-102181-RemovedCLIOptionsUsingBintypo3Cleanupflexforms.rst"
typo3-version: "13.0"
typo3-major: 13
type: "breaking"
issue: 102181
forge: "https://forge.typo3.org/issues/102181"
tags: ["CLI", "FlexForm", "NotScanned", "ext:lowlevel"]
rendered: "2026-09-20T18:31:11+00:00"
---

# Breaking: #102181 - Removed CLI options using `bin/typo3 cleanup:flexforms` {#breaking-102181-1697467272}

See [forge#102181](https://forge.typo3.org/issues/102181)

## Description {#description}

The CLI command `bin/typo3 cleanup:flexforms` of extension `lowlevel`
can be used to clean up database record `type="flex"` fields that contain values
not reflected in the current FlexForm data structure anymore.

The command has been changed slightly: The CLI options `-p` / `--pid`
and `-d` / `--depth` have been removed.

The "dry run" CLI option `--dry-run` is kept.

The command implementation has been rewritten in TYPO3 v13 and is some orders
of magnitudes quicker than before: While the command could easily run hours for
a seasoned instance, it is now usually a matter of seconds. The "pid" and
"depth" options were a hindrance to this drastic performance improvement and
have been removed.

## Impact {#impact}

The command exits with an error when called with one of `-p`, `--pid`,
`-d` or `--depth` option. It is no longer possible to restrict the
command to single page tree sections, the command always checks all (not soft-deleted)
records.

## Affected installations {#affected-installations}

The command is not very well known and - if ever - often only used when deploying
major upgrades of TYPO3 instances. Instances using one of the above options should
remove them from their deployment scripts, and enjoy the massive speed improvement.

## Migration {#migration}

No migration, remove the above mentioned options.