How do I completely uninstall Node js and reinstall from beginning Mac OS X

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My version of node is always v0 6 1-pre even after I install brew node and NVM install v0 6 19   My node version is   node -v v0 6 1-pre   NVM says this  after I install a version of node for the first time in one bash terminal    nvm ls v0 6 19 current     v0 6 19   But when I restart bash  this is what I see   nvm ls v0 6 19 current     v0 6 1-pre default - gt  0 6 19  - gt  v0 6 19    So where is this phantom node 0 6 1-pre version and how can I get rid of it  I m trying to install libraries via NPM so that I can work on a project   I tried using BREW to update before NVM  using brew update and brew install node   I ve tried deleting the  node  directory in my  usr local include and the  node  and  node modules  in my  usr local lib  I ve tried uninstalling npm and reinstalling it following these instructions   All of this because I was trying to update an older version of node to install the  zipstream  library  Now there s folders in my users directory  and the node version STILL isn t up to date  even though NVM says it s using 0 6 19   Ideally  I d like to uninstall nodejs  npm  and nvm  and just reinstall the entire thing from scratch on my system

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Worked for me    node --version  v11 1 0   nvm deactivate   nvm uninstall v11 1 0

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I have been hit by an issue during uninstall of Node js on my mac  I had some strange behavior like npm is still their even after having removing it with all this   It was because I had an old install done with macport  So you also have to uninstall it using port   sudo port uninstall nodejs   It may have install many different versions of Node js so uninstall them all  one by one

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I have summarized the existing answers and made sure Node js is COMPLETELY ERASED along with NPM  Lines to copy to terminal  brew uninstall node  which node  sudo rm -rf  usr local bin node  sudo rm -rf  usr local lib node modules npm   brew doctor  brew cleanup --prune-prefix

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On Mavericks I install it from the node pkg  from nodejs site  and I uninstall it so I can re-install using brew  I only run 4 commands in the terminal    sudo rm -rf   usr local lib node modules npm  brew uninstall node brew doctor brew cleanup --prune-prefix   If there is still a node installation  repeat step 2  After all is ok  I install using brew install node

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After   brew uninstall node   I had to know which node   which node   then remove that   rm -rf  usr local bin node

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downgrade node to 0 10 36    sudo npm cache clean -f   sudo npm install -g n   sudo n 0 10 36   upgrade node to stable v    sudo npm cache clean -f   sudo npm install -g n   sudo n stable

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Additional to the main answer I needed to remove all npm instances found in   rm -rf  usr local share man man1 npm

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I m not sure if it s because I had an old version  4 4 5   or if it s because I used the official installer  but most of the files referenced in other answers didn t exist on my system  I only had to remove the following      node-gyp    node repl history  usr local bin node  usr local bin npm  usr local include node  usr local lib dtrace node d  usr local lib node modules  usr local share doc node  usr local share man man1 node 1  usr local share systemtap tapset node stp   I decided to keep    npm because I was planning on reinstalling Node with Homebrew

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The best way is to download an installer package   pkg on mac  Prefer the latest stable version   Here is the link  Node js  This package will eventually overwrite the previous version and set environment variables accordingly  Just run the installer and its done within a few clicks

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First   lsbom -f -l -s -pf  var db receipts org nodejs pkg bom   while read f  do  sudo rm  usr local   f   done  sudo rm -rf  usr local lib node  usr local lib node modules  var db receipts org nodejs    To recap  the best way  I ve found  to completely uninstall node   npm is to do the following   go to  usr local lib and delete any node and node modules  cd  usr local lib  sudo rm -rf node   go to  usr local include and delete any node and node modules directory  cd  usr local include  sudo rm -rf node   if you installed with brew install node  then run brew uninstall node in your terminal  brew uninstall node  check your Home directory for any  local  or  lib  or  include  folders  and delete any  node  or  node modules  from there  go to  usr local bin and delete any node executable  cd  usr local bin  sudo rm -rf  usr local bin npm  ls -las  You may need to do the additional instructions as well   sudo rm -rf  usr local share man man1 node 1  sudo rm -rf  usr local lib dtrace node d  sudo rm -rf    npm    Source  tonyMtz

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First of all  you need to deactivate node   mac  after install new node version   nvm deactivate   This is removed  Users user name  nvm   bin from  PATH  And after that node was updated  node --version v10 9 0

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I know this post is a little dated but just wanted to share the commands that worked for me in Terminal when removing Node js  lsbom -f -l -s -pf  var db receipts org nodejs pkg bom   while read f  do  sudo rm  usr local   f   done   sudo rm -rf  usr local lib node  usr local lib node modules  var db receipts org nodejs     UPDATE  23 SEP 2016  If you re afraid of running these commands    Thanks to jguix for this quick tutorial  First  create an intermediate file  lsbom -f -l -s -pf  var db receipts org nodejs node pkg bom  gt  gt    filelist txt  Manually review your file  located in your Home folder     filelist txt  Then delete the files  cat   filelist txt   while read f  do sudo rm  usr local   f   done  sudo rm -rf  usr local lib node  usr local lib node modules  var db receipts org nodejs     For 10 10 5 and above Thanks Lenar Hoyt Gist Comment Source  gistcomment-1572198 Original Gist  TonyMtz d75101d9bdf764c890ef lsbom -f -l -s -pf  var db receipts org nodejs node pkg bom   while read f  do sudo rm  usr local   f   done  sudo rm -rf  usr local lib node  usr local lib node modules  var db receipts org nodejs

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If you re unable to locate node just run whereis node and whereis npm and whereis nvm and you can remove the listed directories as needed    You ll also need to entirely close your terminal and reopen it for changes to take effect

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In my case none of the other answers worked because I previously downgraded to node8  So instead of doing above  following worked for me   which node   which returned  usr local bin node 8 instead of  usr local bin node  so i executed this command   brew uninstall node 8   which worked and then downloaded latest pkg from official site and installed  After that I had to close my terminal and start again to access new version

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maybe you need to make  hash -r    it helps with problem of symlink    node -v   bash   opt local bin node  No such file or directory

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Delete  node  and or  node modules  from   usr local lib        ex code        cd  usr local lib       sudo rm -rf node       sudo rm -rf node modules  Delete  node  and or  node modules  from   usr local include Delete  node   node-debug  and  node-gyp  from   usr local bin Delete   npmrc  from your home directory  these are your npm settings  don t delete this if you plan on re-installing Node right away  Delete   npm  from your home directory Delete   node-gyp  from your home directory Delete   node repl history  from your home directory Delete  node   from   usr local share man man1  Delete  npm   from   usr local share man man1  Delete  node d  from   usr local lib dtrace  Delete  node  from   usr local opt local bin  Delete  node  from   usr local opt local include  Delete  node modules  from   usr local opt local lib  Delete  node  from   usr local share doc  Delete  node stp  from   usr local share systemtap tapset

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https   stackabuse com how-to-uninstall-node-js-from-mac-osx   Run following commands to remove node completely from system in MACOS  sudo rm -rf    npm    nvm   node modules    node-gyp    npmrc    node repl history sudo rm -rf  usr local bin npm  usr local bin node-debug  usr local bin node  usr local bin node-gyp sudo rm -rf  usr local share man man1 node   usr local share man man1 npm  sudo rm -rf  usr local include node  usr local include node modules sudo rm -rf  usr local lib node  usr local lib node modules  usr local lib dtrace node d sudo rm -rf  opt local include node  opt local bin node  opt local lib node sudo rm -rf  usr local share doc node sudo rm -rf  usr local share systemtap tapset node stp  brew uninstall node brew doctor brew cleanup --prune-prefix   After this i will suggest to use following command to install node using nvm curl -o- https   raw githubusercontent com nvm-sh nvm v0 35 3 install sh   bash  from https   github com nvm-sh nvm

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You can clone https   github com brock node-reinstall and run the simple command as given in the repository After that just restart your system  This is the simplest method and also worked for me

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I had installed Node js from source downloaded from the git repository   I installed with     configure   make   sudo make install   Because the make file supports it  I can do     sudo make uninstall

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server  ubuntu 14   1   install nvm  node version manager  https   github com creationix nvm  2   nvm install node  3   npm -v   inquire npm version    3 8 6   4   node -v  inquire node version    v6 0 0

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Apparently  there was a  Users myusername local folder that contained a include with node and lib with node and node modules  How and why this was created instead of in my  usr local folder  I do not know   Deleting these local references fixed the phantom v0 6 1-pre  If anyone has an explanation  I ll choose that as the correct answer   EDIT   You may need to do the additional instructions as well   sudo rm -rf  usr local  lib node    npm  modules  bin share man   npm  node  man1 node     which is the equivalent of  same as above      sudo rm -rf  usr local bin npm  usr local share man man1 node   usr local lib dtrace node d    npm    node-gyp    or  same as above  broken down     To completely uninstall node   npm is to do the following    go to  usr local lib and delete any node and node modules go to  usr local include and delete any node and node modules directory  if you installed with brew install node  then run brew uninstall node in your terminal check your Home directory for any local or lib or include folders  and delete any node or node modules from there go to  usr local bin and delete any node executable   You may also need to do   sudo rm -rf  opt local bin node  opt local include node  opt local lib node modules sudo rm -rf  usr local bin npm  usr local share man man1 node 1  usr local lib dtrace node d   Additionally  NVM modifies the PATH variable in  HOME  bashrc  which must be reverted manually   Then download nvm and follow the instructions to install node  The latest versions of node come with npm  I believe  but you can also reinstall that as well

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This fixed it for me Fixing npm On Mac OS X for Homebrew Users  And it does not require too many steps   Just go to the solution part if you don t care about the why   Here is the relevant part for convenience   Solution  This solution fixes the error caused by trying to run npm update npm -g  Once you re finished  you also won t need to use sudo to install npm modules globally   Before you start  make a note of any globally installed npm packages  These instructions will have you remove all of those packages  After you re finished you ll need to re-install them   Run the following commands to remove all existing global npm modules  uninstall node  amp  npm  re-install node with the correct defaults  configure the location for global npm modules to be installed  and then install npm as its own pacakge   rm -rf  usr local lib node modules brew uninstall node brew install node --without-npm echo prefix    npm-packages  gt  gt     npmrc curl -L https   www npmjs com install sh   sh   Node and npm should be correctly installed at this point  The final step is to add    npm-packages bin to your PATH so npm and global npm packages are usable  To do this  add the following line to your    bash profile   export PATH   HOME  npm-packages bin  PATH    Now you can re-install any global npm packages you need without any problems

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Docker - alternative approach Docker is some-kind of super-fast virtual machine which can be use to run tools like node  instead install them directly on mac-os   Advantages to do it are following  all stuff   milions  node files  are install inside docker image container  they encapsulated in few inner-docker files   you can map your mac directory with project to your docker container and have access to node - but outside docker  mac-os sytem don t even know that node is installed  So you get some kind of  virtual  console with available node commands which can works on real files  you can easily kill node by find it by docker ps and kill by docker rm -f name or num  you can easily uninstall docker image containers by one command docker rmi     and get free space - and install it again by run script  below   your node is encapsulated inside docker and don t have access to whole system - only to folders you map to it  you can run node services and easily map they port to mac port and have access to it from web browser  you can run many node versions at the same time  in similar way you can install other tools like  in many versions in same time   php  databases  redis etc  - inside docker without any interaction with mac-os  which not notice such software at all   E g  you can run at the same time 3 mysql db with different versions and 3 php application with different php version     - so you can have many tools but clean system  TEAM WORK  such enviroment can be easily cloned into other machines  and even to windows linux systems - with some modifications  and provide identical docker-level environment - so you can easily set up and reuse you scripts dockerfiles  and setup environment for new team member in very fast way  he just need to install docker and create similar folder-structure and get copy of scripts - thats all   I work this way for 2 year and with my team - and we are very happy   Instruction  Install docker using e g  this instructions  Prepare  special  directory for work e g  my directory is  Users kamil work  I will use this directory further - but it can be arbitrary  - this directory will be  interface  between docker containers and your mac file ststem  Inside this dir create following dir structure   Users kamil work code - here you put your projects with code  Users kamil work tools  Users kamil work tools docker-data - here we map containers output data like logs  or database files if someone ouse db  etc    Users kamil work tools docker  Users kamil work tools docker node-cmd - here we put docker node scripts  inside tools create file  env which will contain in one place global-paths used in other scripts  x000D   x000D  toolspath   Users kamil work tools  codepath   Users kamil work code  workpath  Users kamil work x000D   x000D   x000D    innside dir    node-cmd create file dockerfile with following content  x000D   x000D    default   var www html  mapped to     code folder with projects  FROM node  WORKDIR  work    Additional arbitrary tools  ng  gulp  bower  RUN npm install -g n  angular cli bower gulp grunt  CMD while true  do sleep 10000  done    below ports are arbitrary EXPOSE 3002 3003 3004 4200 x000D   x000D   x000D    innside dir    node-cmd create file run-container with following content  this file should be executable e g  by chmod  x run-container  -  notice how we map port-s and directories form external  world  to internal docker filesystem   x000D   x000D  set -e cd --    dirname   0      this script dir  not set on doubleclick  source        env toolsdir  toolspath docker-data workdir  workpath  if        docker ps   grep node-cmd      then    docker build -t node-cmd     docker rm -f node-cmd      docker run -d --name node-cmd -p 4200 4200 -p 4201 4201 -p 3002 3002 -p 3003 3003 -p 3004 3004 -v  toolsdir node-cmd logs  root  npm  logs -v  workdir  work node-cmd fi x000D   x000D   x000D    ok now you can add some project e g  work code myProject and add to it following file  run-cmd   must be executable   x000D   x000D  cd --    dirname   0          tools docker node-cmd run-container docker exec -it node-cmd bash -c  cd  work code myProject  bash  x000D   x000D   x000D    then if you run above script  by double-click   you will see console with available node commands in project directory e g  npm install  to run project in background  e g some serwice  e g  run web-server angular-cli application you can use following script  named run-front -must be executable  -  you must also edit  etc hosts file to add proper domain   x000D   x000D  cd --    dirname   0    open  http   my-angular local 3002        tools docker node-cmd run-container docker exec -it node-cmd   bin sh -c  cd  work code my-angular-project  npm start  cat           for block script and wait for user ctrl C x000D   x000D   x000D

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Expanding on Dominic Tancredi s awesome answer  I ve rolled this into a bash package and stand-alone script  If you are already using the  Back Package Manager  called bpkg you can install the script by running   bpkg install -g brock node-reinstall   Or you can have a look at the script on Github at brock node-reinstall  The script allows you to re-install node using nvm or nave  and to specify a node version as your default

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As a companion to the answers explaining cleanup and install via homebrew  I found that homebrew itself provided clear indications of the symlink clashes   Unfortunately it provides these one by one as it encounters them  so it is a little laborious  but it does seem to find all the clashes and was the only way I could get a clean install with homebrew   Essentially  the process is    use homebrew to uninstall node clean homebrew use homebrew to install node and note any flagged clashing file delete the flag clashing file  or whole directory if it is a  node  directory  goto step 1 until you get a clean install      Here is a screen output from the last steps of my install - you can see it results in a clean install  eventually       computer1 DevResources user1  brew install node Updating Homebrew       gt  Downloading https   homebrew bintray com bottles node-13 1 0 mojave bottle tar gz Already downloaded   Users user1 Library Caches Homebrew downloads da904f1fdab6f6b2243a810b685e67b29a642c6e945f086e0022323a37fe85f9--node-13 1 0 mojave bottle tar gz    gt  Pouring node-13 1 0 mojave bottle tar gz Error  The  brew link  step did not complete successfully The formula built  but is not symlinked into  usr local Could not symlink share systemtap tapset node stp Target  usr local share systemtap tapset node stp already exists  You may want to remove it    rm   usr local share systemtap tapset node stp   To force the link and overwrite all conflicting files    brew link --overwrite node  To list all files that would be deleted    brew link --overwrite --dry-run node  Possible conflicting files are   usr local share systemtap tapset node stp  usr local lib dtrace node d    gt  Caveats Bash completion has been installed to     usr local etc bash completion d    gt  Summary    usr local Cellar node 13 1 0  4 591 files  54 2MB computer1 DevResources user1  rm   usr local share systemtap tapset node stp  computer1 DevResources user1  brew uninstall node Uninstalling  usr local Cellar node 13 1 0     4 591 files  54 2MB  computer1 DevResources user1  brew cleanup computer1 DevResources user1  brew install node Updating Homebrew       gt  Downloading https   homebrew bintray com bottles node-13 1 0 mojave bottle tar gz Already downloaded   Users user1 Library Caches Homebrew downloads da904f1fdab6f6b2243a810b685e67b29a642c6e945f086e0022323a37fe85f9--node-13 1 0 mojave bottle tar gz    gt  Pouring node-13 1 0 mojave bottle tar gz Error  The  brew link  step did not complete successfully The formula built  but is not symlinked into  usr local Could not symlink lib dtrace node d Target  usr local lib dtrace node d already exists  You may want to remove it    rm   usr local lib dtrace node d   To force the link and overwrite all conflicting files    brew link --overwrite node  To list all files that would be deleted    brew link --overwrite --dry-run node  Possible conflicting files are   usr local lib dtrace node d    gt  Caveats Bash completion has been installed to     usr local etc bash completion d    gt  Summary    usr local Cellar node 13 1 0  4 591 files  54 2MB computer1 DevResources user1  rm   usr local lib dtrace node d  computer1 DevResources user1   computer1 DevResources user1  brew uninstall node Uninstalling  usr local Cellar node 13 1 0     4 591 files  54 2MB  computer1 DevResources user1  brew cleanup computer1 DevResources user1  brew install node Updating Homebrew       gt  Downloading https   homebrew bintray com bottles node-13 1 0 mojave bottle tar gz Already downloaded   Users user1 Library Caches Homebrew downloads da904f1fdab6f6b2243a810b685e67b29a642c6e945f086e0022323a37fe85f9--node-13 1 0 mojave bottle tar gz    gt  Pouring node-13 1 0 mojave bottle tar gz    gt  Caveats Bash completion has been installed to     usr local etc bash completion d    gt  Summary    usr local Cellar node 13 1 0  4 591 files  54 2MB computer1 DevResources user1  node -v v13 1 0

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For brew users  OSX   To remove   brew uninstall node     or  brew uninstall --force node  which removes all versions brew cleanup  rm -f  usr local bin npm  usr local lib dtrace node d  rm -rf    npm    To install    brew install node  which node     gt   usr local bin node export NODE PATH   usr local lib node modules     lt --- add this    bashrc   You can run brew info node for more details regarding your node installs     consider using NVM instead of brew  NVM  node version manager  is a portable solution for managing multiple versions of node  https   github com nvm-sh nvm   gt  nvm uninstall v4 1 0  gt  nvm install v8 1 2  gt  nvm use v8 1 2  gt  nvm list          v4 2 0          v5 8 0         v6 11 0 - gt        v8 1 2          system   you can use this with AVN to automatically switch versions as you hop between different projects with different node dependencies

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lfender6445 answer worked just fine for me to uninstall  Now to reinstall  I had problems installing the last version instead of the most stable one  so to install a specific node version you should do   brew install node 10    10 is the version I want brew link node 10

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If you have already installed nvm then execute the following commands    nvm deactivate - This will remove   nvm   bin from  PATH nvm list - To list out all the versions of node installed in the system nvm uninstall  lt version gt  in  you can specify all the versions you want to uninstall    It is always a good that you install node using nvm and uninstall using nvm  rather than brew    This solution worked for me   Additional Commands    which node to know the path of node installed in your system  You can rm this directory to uninstall node manually  Then you may need to adjust the PATH file accordingly

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