Uninstalling npm packages with `npm uninstall`

Learn how to properly uninstall an npm Node package, whether it is installed locally or globally.

To uninstall a package that was previously installed locally in the node_modules folder, you can run the following command from the project’s root folder:

npm uninstall <package-name>

This will not only remove the package from the node_modules folder but also remove its reference from the package.json file.

If the package was installed as a development dependency and listed in the devDependencies section of the package.json file, you need to use the -D or --save-dev flag to properly remove it from the file:

npm uninstall -D <package-name>

Alternatively, if the package is installed globally, you should add the -g or --global flag:

npm uninstall -g <package-name>

For example, to uninstall webpack globally, you would run the command:

npm uninstall -g webpack

It’s worth mentioning that you can execute this command from any location on your system, as the current folder does not affect the uninstallation process.