How can I uninstall npm modules in Node js

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As commonly known  any npm module can be installed by running a simple command  npm install  lt module name gt   I have installed a few modules that I do not use any more and I just want to get them off  I have a few questions regarding this   Do we have any command or process to uninstall a module from the root  something like npm uninstall  lt module name gt   or will simply removing the module files do   How does it affect us if we keep the unused modules

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Use   npm uninstall  lt package name gt    Example to uninstall express  npm uninstall express

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The command is simply npm uninstall  lt name gt   The Node js documents https   npmjs org doc  have all the commands that you need to know with npm   A local install will be in the node modules  directory of your application  This won t affect the application if a module remains there with no references to it    If you re removing a global package  however  any applications referencing it will crash   Here are different options   npm uninstall  lt name gt  removes the module from node modules but does not update package json  npm uninstall  lt name gt  --save also removes it from dependenciesin package json  npm uninstall  lt name gt  --save-dev also removes it from devDependencies in package json  npm uninstall -g  lt name gt  --save also removes it globally

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Update for npm 5  As of npm 5 0 0  installed uninstalled modules are added removed as a dependency by default  so the --save option is no longer needed  Run npm uninstall  lt package gt   For example  npm uninstall mongodb  It will remove the module from the node modules folder and also the package json file

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Log in as root  might be required depending on install  su -    List all global packages npm ls -g --depth 0    List all local  project  packages npm ls -p --depth 0    Remove all global packages npm ls -g --depth 0   awk -F    node modules   amp  amp      npm    print  NF     xargs npm -g rm    Remove all local packges npm ls -p --depth 0   awk -F    node modules   amp  amp      npm    print  NF     xargs npm -p rm    NOTE  optional   to use node with sudo you can add the bins to  usr bin   NOTE  PATHTONODEINSTALL is where node is installed  e g   usr local node  sudo ln -s  PATHTONODEINSTALL bin node  usr bin node sudo ln -s  PATHTONODEINSTALL bin npm  usr bin npm

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To remove packages in folder node modules in bulk  you could also remove them from file package json  save it  and then run npm prune in the terminal  This will remove those packages  which exist in the file system  but are not used declared in file package json  P S   This is particularly useful on Windows  as you may often encounter problems with being unable to delete some files due to the  quot exceeded path length limit quot

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For Windows users - if you want to remove all the Node js modules installed at once   Open a PowerShell window Go inside the node modules folder  cd node modules  Run this command -  quot npm uninstall  Get-ChildItem  Name quot   It will uninstall all the modules

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Well  to give a complete answer to this question  there are two methods  for example we call the installed module as module1    To remove module1 without changing package json  npm uninstall module1  To remove module1 with changing package json  and removing it from the dependencies in package json  npm uninstall --save module1   Note  to simplify the above mentioned commands  you can use -S instead of --save   and can use remove  rm  r  un  unlink instead of uninstall

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The uninstall option didn t work for me when I tried to use the same command to the one I used in installing  as I was installing with the  latest directive  So for example  I installed a package like this  npm install   ngtools webpack latest  And then I wanted to uninstall it  so I used the same command  including  latest   npm uninstall   ngtools webpack latest  So the above uninstall didn t work  I have to remove the  latest  and then it worked well  npm uninstall   ngtools webpack

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To uninstall a module using npm  you can use   npm uninstall moduleName   Also  if you want to uninstall and want the change to be reflected in your package json then you can use the --save flag  like this   npm uninstall moduleName --save OR npm uninstall -S   And if you want to uninstall a module from devDependencies and want the change to be reflected in package json then you can use -D flag  like this   npm uninstall moduleName -D

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If it doesn t work with npm uninstall  lt module name gt  try it globally by typing -g   Maybe you just need to do it as an superUser administrator with sudo npm uninstall  lt module name gt

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You can also run the following as shorthand   npm un packageName or npm rm packageName   Note  Add -g at end of command to uninstall global packages

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To uninstall the Node js module  npm uninstall  lt module name gt   This will remove the module from folder node modules  but not from file package json  Remove the module from package json use by using this command  npm uninstall  lt module name gt  --save  This also deletes it from package json

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You can delete a Node js module manually  For Windows   Go to the node modules directory of your repository   Delete the Node js module you don t want   Don t forget to remove the reference to the module in your package json file  Your project may still run with the reference  but you may get an error  You also don t want to leave unused references in your package json file that can cause confusion later

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Sometimes npm uninstall -g packageName doesn   t work  In this case you can delete package manually  On Mac  go to folder  usr local lib node modules and delete the folder with the package you want  That s it  Check your list of globally installed packages with this command  npm list -g --depth 0

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In npm v6  npm uninstall  lt package name gt  removes it both in folder node modules and file package json

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If you want to uninstall a number of modules  then just run the npm uninstall  Then go to file package json and delete the unwanted module from there  and then just run the command npm install  It should fix your problem

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I found this out the hard way  even if it is seemingly obvious  I initially tried to loop through the node modules directory running npm uninstall module-name with a simple for loop in a script  I found out it will not work if you call the full path  e g   npm uninstall module-name  was working  but npm uninstall  full path to node modules module-name   was not working

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To uninstall the Node js module  npm uninstall  lt module name gt   This will remove the module from folder node modules  but not from file package json  So when we do npm install again it will download the module  So to remove the module from file package json  use  npm uninstall  lt module name gt  --save  This also deletes the dependency from file package json  And if you want to uninstall any globally module you can use  npm -g uninstall  lt module name gt  --save  This will delete the dependency globally

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The simplest solution is  npm uninstall packageName --save-dev  See upper level packages names in the your project  npm list --depth 0  The output will be like  app 0 1 0  home jackkobec projects myAppName  -- packageName packageVersion  -- express 4 16 4  Copy package name and execute npm uninstall command  Example for express package  npm uninstall express --save-dev

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In case you are on Windows  run CMD as administrator and type  npm -g uninstall  lt package name gt

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Additionally  if you ve started using yarn  in place of npm  yarn remove  lt package-name gt   Is the equivalent of  npm uninstall  lt package-name gt  --save  This will   - remove the package from package json  as well as   - uninstall it from your project s node-modules folder

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I just install stylus by default under my home dir  so I just use npm uninstall stylus to detach it  or you can try npm rm  lt package name gt  out

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