npm uninstall command code example

Example 1: How to uninstall npm modules in node js?

The command is simply npm uninstall <name>
// Here are different options:
// - removes the module from node_modules but 
//   does NOT update package.json
npm uninstall <name>

// - removes it from dependencies in package.json aswell
npm uninstall <name> --save

// - removes it from devDependencies in package.json aswell
npm uninstall <name> --save-dev

// -  also removes it globally 
npm uninstall -g <name> --save 

//    If you're removing a global package, however, any applications 
//    referencing it will crash.

// 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.

// The Node.js documents https://npmjs.org/doc/ have all the commands
// that you need to know with npm.

Example 2: how to uninstall global package npm

npm uninstall -g <package-name>
# example 
npm uninstall -g webpack

Example 3: how to uninstall npm packages

npm uninstall --save <package_name>
npm un <package_name>

Example 4: uninstall dependencies npm

npm uninstall <package_name>
//Example
npm uninstall mongoose
//A tip ctrl+c helps to terminate a job in terminal

Example 5: npm uninstall

npm uninstall <module_name>

Example 6: uninstall node package

npm uninstall <package_name>