How to uninstall global package with npm?

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. 

12 Answers

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.

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 

npm uninstall -g webpack 

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

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.

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!

Try

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

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

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 

on windows run as administrator and run the command

npm uninstall -g webpack 

on Linux

sudo npm uninstall -g webpack 

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 

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.

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.

Try This:

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