How to Uninstall Local Packages

To remove a package from your node_modules directory, use:

npm uninstall <package>:

npm uninstall lodash

To remove it from the dependencies in package.json, you will need to use the save flag:

npm uninstall --save lodash

Note: if you installed the package as a "devDependency" (i.e. with --save-dev) then --save won't remove it from package.json. You have to use --save-dev to uninstall it.

Test:

To confirm that npm uninstall worked correctly, find the node_modules directory. Be sure that it no longer contains a directory for the package(s) you uninstalled.

You can do this by running:

• ls node_modules on Unix systems such as "OSX"
• dir node_modules on Windows.

Example:

Install a package called lodash. Confirm that it ran successfully by listing the contents of the node_modules directory and seeing a directory called lodash.

Uninstall lodash with npm uninstall. Confirm that it ran successfully by listing the contents of the node_modules directory and confirming the absence of a directory called lodash.

Install Lodash

> npm install lodash
> dir node_modules               # use `ls node_modules` for Unix

Uninstall Lodash

#=> lodash

> npm uninstall lodash
> dir node_modules               # use `ls node_modules` for Unix

#=>