How to uninstall global package with npm?

Question

I have installed webpack in this way:

npm install -g webpack

Now want to uninstall it:

npm uninstall -g webpack

Check it again, it didn't been uninstalled:

webpack -v
3.1.0

Why?

And, I use this way can't find webpack:

npm list -g | grep webpack

This also didn't work:

npm uninstall -g webpack --save

After run this under a directory which included package.json:

npm uninstall webpack
npm WARN babel-loader@6.4.1 requires a peer of webpack@1 || 2 || ^2.1.0-beta || ^2.2.0-rc but none was installed.
npm WARN uglifyjs-webpack-plugin@0.3.1 requires a peer of uglify-js@^2.8.0 but none was installed.
npm WARN uglifyjs-webpack-plugin@0.3.1 requires a peer of webpack@^1.9 || ^2 || ^2.1.0-beta || ^2.2.0-rc but none was installed.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13066532/how-to-uninstall-npm-modules-in-node-js — Sujith, Jul 07 '17 at 04:07
Do you have a webpack local version installed along with global? Try running "npm uninstall webpack" . I think you might have deleted it the global version and trying to check the local webpack version — Sujith, Jul 07 '17 at 04:21
Often when people install globally they use `sudo`. If so, you'd have to use `sudo npm uninstall -g webpack`, too. — Robin Zimmermann, Jul 03 '18 at 19:01
npm might be preventing you of uninstalling this module since it is needed by some other else — Alberto S., Sep 03 '18 at 10:01
Check also where your node executable resides; there might be a script, with node_modules folder in case npm config/installation got messed up, which gets executed. — EnterTheNameHere Bohemian, Dec 09 '22 at 09:26

score 89 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 10 '21 at 22:23

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Try running both of the below commands:

npm uninstall -g webpack
npm uninstall webpack

I think you might be checking/looking at the local version after deleting only the global one.

edited Jun 10 '21 at 22:23

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answered Jul 07 '17 at 04:23

Sujith

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I did that. Then got new errors. Put them to the bellow of question. – cloud_cloud Jul 07 '17 at 05:09
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I had to remove manually the folder and the symlink, `npm uninstall -g` would not do it for some reason. `whereis ` can help locate the folder. – Gaël J Jan 12 '21 at 12:43

score 23 · Answer 2 · answered May 07 '20 at 23:32

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You have to remove the packages manually installed globally on your os with sudo:

On OsX navigate to this directory

cd /usr/local/lib/node_modules

and

sudo rm -rf <packageName> // sudo rm -rf webpack

answered May 07 '20 at 23:32

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More generally, run `which `. Then run `rm -rf` on the directory/file that makes sense (maybe there's a root directory or you get an alias file which references the main binary, which you may notice when running `ls -l $(which )`, in which case, you might want to delete both the original binary file and the alias). YMMV. – user3773048 Jan 27 '22 at 19:24
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I also had to manually delete it like this on Ubuntu. – Dawn Drescher May 23 '22 at 19:28
Confirming this works. Looks like after installing `nvm`, the program didn't move all my global scripts from local to `.nvm` folders where specific node versions live – konstantin555 May 04 '23 at 23:14

score 12 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 22 '19 at 17:46

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npm uninstall -g webpack

Worked for me, try running the command prompt in administrator mode.

answered Apr 22 '19 at 17:46

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score 9 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 05 '22 at 08:19

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I have tried uninstalling global packages in several ways.

npm uninstall -g <package_name> this didn't work.

I managed to remove the global packages in the following way:

Goto terminal
Run this command npm list -g
Goto the path (C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\npm)
Delete all the related files to your package
Goto node_modules find and delete the package

This should work.

YW!

answered Jan 05 '22 at 08:19

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THE BEST OPTION! npm has gone haywire with versions. It's version hell now days. – Atul Aug 10 '22 at 07:12

score 8 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 31 '20 at 21:39

You're most likely running a file from another install of npm.

Run which webpack to see where your shell is finding webpack.

Run npm root -g to find the root of the tree it's supposed to be in, being sure you're running the correct npm with npm -v and which npm.

If your webpack bin isn't in the npm root, reset your path to the webpack binary e.g. hash -d webpack in bash, and then go remove the unwanted npm root from your PATH variable. You can now use npm install -g webpack and npm uninstall -g webpack and it should work.

David · Answer 6 · 2021-02-25T15:51:51.713

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If you are using Node Version Manager (nvm) and you want to remove a global system package you will need to switch to that version. For example:

nvm use system
npm uninstall -g webpack

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answered Feb 24 '21 at 12:02

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Thanks for the shortcut to change back to the system version - I always ended up looking in my distro to see the current system version number! – webstackdev Jun 17 '21 at 15:37

score 2 · Answer 7 · answered Jul 07 '17 at 04:06

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Try

chown -R "$(whoami)": "$(npm root -g)"

(you may need sudo for it) and then npm uninstall -g again

answered Jul 07 '17 at 04:06

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I even as a root user now. I have tried your way, but the same result. The `3.1.0` of webpack also exists. – cloud_cloud Jul 07 '17 at 04:14

score 1 · Answer 8 · answered Mar 14 '21 at 23:33

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on windows run as administrator and run the command

npm uninstall -g webpack

on Linux

sudo npm uninstall -g webpack

answered Mar 14 '21 at 23:33

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score 1 · Answer 9 · answered Feb 02 '22 at 14:03

In Windows, open the cmd with Administrator rights (start -> type cmd -> right-click on icon -> open with adm. rights), then navigate (in cmd type "cd ../../users/your_user_name") to your user folder, then run

npm uninstall -g webpack

or (I don't remember which one worked for me)

npm uninstall webpack

score 0 · Answer 10 · answered Sep 27 '21 at 15:45

Had the same issue an none of the answer above helped.

My project was in a sub-directory of a larger project, which also had a node_modules folder.

That's why it says, something like "found another version higher in the tree."

Delete that folder, go back to your sub-dir, remove node_modules and package-lock.json, and finally run npm install again.

score 0 · Answer 11 · answered Mar 15 '22 at 11:08

In archlinux, after running

npm uninstall -g <package_name>

you might have to manually enter /usr/lib/node_modules/ to remove the package's directory. This will prevent conflicts if you try reinstalling that package with a different package manager like pacman.

score 0 · Answer 12 · answered Jun 20 '22 at 07:11

Building on @karthik006 's answer of deleting directly from the global node_module folder, if you are using nvm, you first need to decide from which version of node you want to delete the global package.

After that, switch to that version of node using nvm use <version>

Then run nvm which current to get the path where the executable for this version of node is saved.
The path will be something like <path to nvm node dir>/<node version>/bin/node

Using this path, cd into <path to nvm node dir>/<node version>/lib/node_modules and then rm -rf the packages that you want to remove.

score 0 · Answer 13 · answered Oct 06 '22 at 04:49

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On ubuntu the package I was on the hunt for was buried in ~/.npm/_npx/<chars>/node_modules/ and in ~/.npm/_npx/<chars>/node_modules/.bin/. I removed the bin and the directory and got the reinstall prompt.

answered Oct 06 '22 at 04:49

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score 0 · Answer 14 · answered Mar 11 '23 at 20:56

For Linux users, after npm uninstall -g <package_name>, check in your home directory if there is any folder with this package name.

Using the locate and find commands, I have noticed that some globally installed packages create extra folders in home directory. Remove them as well rm -rf ~/.<package_name>/

score -1 · Answer 15 · answered Feb 24 '21 at 12:04

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Try This:

npm uninstall -g <package_name> 
E.g: npm uninstall -g webpack

answered Feb 24 '21 at 12:04

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