How to Uninstall Npm Packages

Trying to figure out how to uninstall a local or global NPM package?
In this article, we'll cover how to uninstall both local and globabl NPM packages during the development process.
Let's get started!
Table Of Contents
Uninstall Local Packages
To uninstall a package that was installed locally (using npm install <package>
and stored in the node_modules
directory for a specific project), use this command:
npm uninstall <package>
After that command is run, the package will no longer be in your node_modules
folder.
To also remove the package from the dependencies
list in your package.json
file, you can add either the --save
flag to the command:
npm uninstall <package> --save
Or the -S
flag:
npm uninstall -S <package>
If the package is a devDependency
, you can remove it from the package.json
file with the --save-dev
flag:
npm uninstall <package> --save-dev
Or the -D
flag:
npm uninstall -D <package>
Uninstall Global Packages
Last, you can remove any NPM package you've installed globally with the -g
flag:
npm uninstall -g <package>
The global uninstall command will work from wherever you call it on your machine.
There you have it! As always, thanks for reading and happy coding!