As commonly known, any npm module can be installed by running a simple command: npm install
.
I have installed a few modules that I do not use anymore and I just want to get them off. I have a few questions regarding this:
Do we have any command or process to uninstall a module from the root (something like
npm uninstall
)
or will simply removing the module files do?How does it affect us if we keep the unused modules?
Answer
The command is simply npm uninstall
The nodejs documents https://npmjs.org/doc/ have all the commands that you need to know with npm.
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.
If you're removing a global package however, any applications referencing it will crash.
Here are different options:
npm uninstall
removes the module from node_modules
, but not package.json
npm uninstall
also removes it from dependencies
in package.json
npm uninstall
also removes it from devDependencies
in package.json
npm -g uninstall
also removes it globally
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