<!doctype html> <html> <title>npm-uninstall</title> <meta charset="utf-8"> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../static/style.css"> <link rel="canonical" href="https://www.npmjs.org/doc/cli/npm-uninstall.html"> <script async=true src="../../static/toc.js"></script> <body> <div id="wrapper"> <h1><a href="../cli/npm-uninstall.html">npm-uninstall</a></h1> <p>Remove a package</p> <h2 id="synopsis">SYNOPSIS</h2> <pre><code>npm uninstall [<@scope>/]<pkg>[@<version>]... [-S|--save|-D|--save-dev|-O|--save-optional|--no-save] aliases: remove, rm, r, un, unlink</code></pre><h2 id="description">DESCRIPTION</h2> <p>This uninstalls a package, completely removing everything npm installed on its behalf.</p> <p>Example:</p> <pre><code>npm uninstall sax</code></pre><p>In global mode (ie, with <code>-g</code> or <code>--global</code> appended to the command), it uninstalls the current package context as a global package.</p> <p><code>npm uninstall</code> takes 3 exclusive, optional flags which save or update the package version in your main package.json:</p> <ul> <li><p><code>-S, --save</code>: Package will be removed from your <code>dependencies</code>.</p> </li> <li><p><code>-D, --save-dev</code>: Package will be removed from your <code>devDependencies</code>.</p> </li> <li><p><code>-O, --save-optional</code>: Package will be removed from your <code>optionalDependencies</code>.</p> </li> <li><p><code>--no-save</code>: Package will not be removed from your <code>package.json</code> file.</p> </li> </ul> <p>Further, if you have an <code>npm-shrinkwrap.json</code> then it will be updated as well.</p> <p>Scope is optional and follows the usual rules for <code><a href="../misc/npm-scope.html">npm-scope(7)</a></code>.</p> <p>Examples:</p> <pre><code>npm uninstall sax --save npm uninstall @myorg/privatepackage --save npm uninstall node-tap --save-dev npm uninstall dtrace-provider --save-optional npm uninstall lodash --no-save</code></pre><h2 id="see-also">SEE ALSO</h2> <ul> <li><a href="../cli/npm-prune.html">npm-prune(1)</a></li> <li><a href="../cli/npm-install.html">npm-install(1)</a></li> <li><a href="../files/npm-folders.html">npm-folders(5)</a></li> <li><a href="../cli/npm-config.html">npm-config(1)</a></li> <li><a href="../misc/npm-config.html">npm-config(7)</a></li> <li><a href="../files/npmrc.html">npmrc(5)</a></li> </ul> </div> <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 id=npmlogo> <tr><td style="width:180px;height:10px;background:rgb(237,127,127)" colspan=18> </td></tr> <tr><td rowspan=4 style="width:10px;height:10px;background:rgb(237,127,127)"> </td><td style="width:40px;height:10px;background:#fff" colspan=4> </td><td style="width:10px;height:10px;background:rgb(237,127,127)" rowspan=4> </td><td style="width:40px;height:10px;background:#fff" colspan=4> </td><td rowspan=4 style="width:10px;height:10px;background:rgb(237,127,127)"> </td><td colspan=6 style="width:60px;height:10px;background:#fff"> </td><td style="width:10px;height:10px;background:rgb(237,127,127)" rowspan=4> </td></tr> <tr><td colspan=2 style="width:20px;height:30px;background:#fff" rowspan=3> </td><td style="width:10px;height:10px;background:rgb(237,127,127)" rowspan=3> </td><td style="width:10px;height:10px;background:#fff" rowspan=3> </td><td style="width:20px;height:10px;background:#fff" rowspan=4 colspan=2> </td><td style="width:10px;height:20px;background:rgb(237,127,127)" rowspan=2> </td><td style="width:10px;height:10px;background:#fff" rowspan=3> </td><td style="width:20px;height:10px;background:#fff" rowspan=3 colspan=2> </td><td style="width:10px;height:10px;background:rgb(237,127,127)" rowspan=3> </td><td style="width:10px;height:10px;background:#fff" rowspan=3> </td><td style="width:10px;height:10px;background:rgb(237,127,127)" rowspan=3> </td></tr> <tr><td style="width:10px;height:10px;background:#fff" rowspan=2> </td></tr> <tr><td style="width:10px;height:10px;background:#fff"> </td></tr> <tr><td style="width:60px;height:10px;background:rgb(237,127,127)" colspan=6> </td><td colspan=10 style="width:10px;height:10px;background:rgb(237,127,127)"> </td></tr> <tr><td colspan=5 style="width:50px;height:10px;background:#fff"> </td><td style="width:40px;height:10px;background:rgb(237,127,127)" colspan=4> </td><td style="width:90px;height:10px;background:#fff" colspan=9> </td></tr> </table> <p id="footer">npm-uninstall — npm@6.5.0</p>