How to remove a Yeoman generator

Question

I accidentally installed a generator that I don't want.
I can't find any method to remove it.
What should I do to accomplish this?

score 94 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 23 '13 at 09:07

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Generators are just normal npm modules, so you can remove it with

npm uninstall -g generator-[nameOfGenerator]

answered Jul 23 '13 at 09:07

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How do you remove a generator with spaces in the name? I tried enclosing it in quotes, but it says it's not installed. – Thomas Higginbotham May 23 '14 at 20:21
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Looks like you can replace the spaces with hyphens. E.g. `npm uninstall -g generator-app-with-spaces` – Thomas Higginbotham May 23 '14 at 20:28

fuma · Answer 2 · 2016-08-23T08:30:54.127

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npm uninstall -g [generator-name] might not fix the UNMET DEPENDENCY. If you won't mind to reinstall the affected modules:

cd to your npm directory (e.g. /usr/local/bin/node_modules)
rm -rf [generator-name]
npm cache clean
npm install -g [generator-name]

edited Aug 23 '16 at 08:30

answered Mar 16 '15 at 21:03

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score 5 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 26 '16 at 05:24

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Search for generators with

npm list -g --depth=0 | grep 'generator'

Remove generator with

npm uninstall -g [generator-name]

NOTE: Don't include '@[version] ' that follows the generator name

answered Feb 26 '16 at 05:24

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 06 '14 at 14:40

I wanted to add something for posterity:

If you get an number of errors of class 'peerDependencies' for yeoman's generators, updating yo alone will not cut it - you need to remove all generators that throw the error and then reinstall whatever module lead to the trouble.

Unfortunately, as far as I ahve chekced, regex is not supported by npm.

How to remove a Yeoman generator

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