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deno uninstall

Command line usage:

deno uninstall [OPTIONS] [name-or-package] [additional-packages]...

Uninstalls a dependency or an executable script in the installation root's bin directory.

deno uninstall @std/dotenv chalk

deno uninstall --global file_server

To change the installation root, use --root flag:

deno uninstall --global --root /usr/local serve

The installation root is determined, in order of precedence:

--root option
DENO_INSTALL_ROOT environment variable
$HOME/.deno

Options

`--global`

Short flag: -g

Remove globally installed package or module.

`--root`

Installation root.

Dependency management options

`--frozen`

Error out if lockfile is out of date.

`--lock`

Check the specified lock file. (If value is not provided, defaults to "./deno.lock").

`--no-lock`

Disable auto discovery of the lock file.

`deno uninstall [PACKAGES]`

Remove dependencies specified in deno.json or package.json:

$ deno add npm:express
Add npm:[email protected]

$ cat deno.json
{
  "imports": {
    "express": "npm:[email protected]"
  }
}

$ deno uninstall express
Removed express

$ cat deno.json
{
  "imports": {}
}

Tip

You can also use deno remove which is an alias to deno uninstall [PACKAGES]

You can remove multiple dependencies at once:

$ deno add npm:express jsr:@std/http
Added npm:[email protected]
Added jsr:@std/[email protected]

$ cat deno.json
{
  "imports": {
    "@std/http": "jsr:@std/http@^1.0.7",
    "express": "npm:express@^5.0.0",
  }
}

$ deno remove express @std/http
Removed express
Removed @std/http

$ cat deno.json
{
  "imports": {}
}

Info

While dependencies are removed from the deno.json and package.json they still persist in the global cache for future use.

If your project contains package.json, deno uninstall can work with it too:

$ cat package.json
{
  "dependencies": {
    "express": "^5.0.0"
  }
}

$ deno remove express
Removed express

$ cat package.json
{
  "dependencies": {}
}

`deno uninstall --global [SCRIPT_NAME]`

Uninstall serve

deno uninstall --global serve

Uninstall serve from a specific installation root

deno uninstall -g --root /usr/local/bin serve