10172e394bPR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/61892 Reviewed-By: Antoine du Hamel <duhamelantoine1995@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
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title: Removal
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section: 7
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description: Cleaning the slate
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---
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### Synopsis
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So sad to see you go.
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```bash
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sudo npm uninstall npm -g
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```
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Or, if that fails, please proceed to more severe uninstalling methods.
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### More Severe Uninstalling
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Usually, the above instructions are sufficient.
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That will remove npm, but leave behind anything you've installed.
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If that doesn't work, or if you require more drastic measures, continue reading.
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Note that this is only necessary for globally-installed packages.
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Local installs are completely contained within a project's `node_modules` folder.
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Delete that folder, and everything is gone unless a package's install script is particularly ill-behaved.
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This assumes that you installed node and npm in the default place.
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If you configured node with a different `--prefix`, or installed npm with a different prefix setting, then adjust the paths accordingly, replacing
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`/usr/local` with your install prefix.
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To remove everything npm-related manually:
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```bash
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rm -rf /usr/local/{lib/node{,/.npm,_modules},bin,share/man}/npm*
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```
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If you installed things *with* npm, then your best bet is to uninstall them with npm first, and then install them again once you have a proper install.
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This can help find any symlinks that are lying around:
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```bash
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ls -laF /usr/local/{lib/node{,/.npm},bin,share/man} | grep npm
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```
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Prior to version 0.3, npm used shim files for executables and node modules.
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To track those down, you can do the following:
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```bash
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find /usr/local/{lib/node,bin} -exec grep -l npm \{\} \; ;
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```
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### See also
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* [npm uninstall](/commands/npm-uninstall)
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* [npm prune](/commands/npm-prune)
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