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
• Uninstall Global Packages

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>
    
  

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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!