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I created an npm link inside a local dependency. I've since deleted that local dependency off my HDD.

Now I'm trying to delete this npm link.

I've tried:

  • npm rm --global dependency
  • npm uninstall dependency
  • npm unlink --no-save dependency

However, after doing all that, and after the code has been deleted from my HDD, npm link dependency still works when called from my main project. How to delete it properly? Here's my package.json:

{
  "name": "myproject",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "",
  "main": "index.js",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
    "dev": "webpack serve",
    "build": "webpack --mode production"
  },
  "keywords": [],
  "author": "",
  "license": "ISC",
  "dependencies": {
    "copy-webpack-plugin": "^9.0.1",
    "d3-array": "^3.0.1",
    "d3-dsv": "^3.0.1",
    "d3-format": "^3.0.1",
    "d3-scale": "^4.0.0",
    "d3-time-format": "^4.0.0",
    "react": "^17.0.2",
    "react-dom": "^17.0.2",
    "typescript": "^4.3.5"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@types/d3-array": "^3.0.1",
    "@types/d3-dsv": "^3.0.0",
    "@types/d3-format": "^3.0.1",
    "@types/d3-scale": "^4.0.1",
    "@types/d3-time-format": "^4.0.0",
    "@types/react-dom": "^17.0.9",
    "html-webpack-plugin": "^5.3.2",
    "ts-loader": "^9.2.3",
    "webpack": "^5.44.0",
    "webpack-cli": "^4.7.2",
    "webpack-dev-server": "^3.11.2"
  }
}
ABC
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Can you post your package.json ?

Weird, this should works

npm unlink dependency
rm -rf node_modules && npm install

It was asked here How do I uninstall a package installed using npm link?

UPD Can remove symlink from global node_modules.

Find where is global npm list -g and remove it

   rm -rf `npm list -g | head -1`/node_modules/dependency
Aleksandr Smyshliaev
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  • So after doing that, `npm link dependency` will still create a symlink with files inside `node_modules`. How is it capable of doing that when I've purged that dependency from my system (supposedly)? – ABC Jul 11 '21 at 12:26
  • Maybe link to dependency still exists inside npm. Should do *npm unlink* from custom library first. – Aleksandr Smyshliaev Jul 11 '21 at 12:33