whether the npm uninstall * command will remove the global installs too while uninstalling the dependencies of package.json or not?

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My application is hosted in Alibaba Cloud ECS Instance and I am trying to uninstall the dependencies of the package.json. I understand the npm uninstall * command will uninstall all the dependencies but the question is whether it will remove global installs too or not.

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 14 '18 at 10:23

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To uninstall a global package, type: npm uninstall -g <package>. It has the extra flag -g for global.

answered Oct 14 '18 at 10:23

Daniel Sixl

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 14 '18 at 18:10

AFAIK there is no uninstalling with a wildcard like npm uninstall * command in npm. The issue is still being opened here https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/19967.

Use this command to uninstall your global dependencies :

npm ls -gp --depth=0 | awk -F/ '/node_modules/ && !/\/npm$/ {print $NF}' | xargs npm -g rm

reference: Command to remove all npm modules globally?

whether the npm uninstall * command will remove the global installs too while uninstalling the dependencies of package.json or not?

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