How to uninstall global package with npm?

Question

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.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13066532/how-to-uninstall-npm-modules-in-node-js — Sujith, Jul 07 '17 at 04:07
Do you have a webpack local version installed along with global? Try running "npm uninstall webpack" . I think you might have deleted it the global version and trying to check the local webpack version — Sujith, Jul 07 '17 at 04:21
Often when people install globally they use `sudo`. If so, you'd have to use `sudo npm uninstall -g webpack`, too. — Robin Zimmermann, Jul 03 '18 at 19:01
npm might be preventing you of uninstalling this module since it is needed by some other else — Alberto S., Sep 03 '18 at 10:01

score 68 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 10 '21 at 22:23

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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.

edited Jun 10 '21 at 22:23

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answered Jul 07 '17 at 04:23

Sujith

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I did that. Then got new errors. Put them to the bellow of question. – cloud_cloud Jul 07 '17 at 05:09
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I had to remove manually the folder and the symlink, `npm uninstall -g` would not do it for some reason. `whereis ` can help locate the folder. – Gaël J Jan 12 '21 at 12:43

score 12 · Answer 2 · answered May 07 '20 at 23:32

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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

answered May 07 '20 at 23:32

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More generally, run `which `. Then run `rm -rf` on the directory/file that makes sense (maybe there's a root directory or you get an alias file which references the main binary, which you may notice when running `ls -l $(which )`, in which case, you might want to delete both the original binary file and the alias). YMMV. – user3773048 Jan 27 '22 at 19:24
I also had to manually delete it like this on Ubuntu. – Denis Drescher May 23 '22 at 19:28

score 11 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 22 '19 at 17:46

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npm uninstall -g webpack

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

answered Apr 22 '19 at 17:46

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score 8 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 31 '20 at 21:39

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.

score 4 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 05 '22 at 08:19

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!

score 2 · Answer 6 · answered Jul 07 '17 at 04:06

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Try

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

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

answered Jul 07 '17 at 04:06

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I even as a root user now. I have tried your way, but the same result. The `3.1.0` of webpack also exists. – cloud_cloud Jul 07 '17 at 04:14

David · Answer 7 · 2021-02-25T15:51:51.713

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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

edited Feb 25 '21 at 15:51

answered Feb 24 '21 at 12:02

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Thanks for the shortcut to change back to the system version - I always ended up looking in my distro to see the current system version number! – webstackdev Jun 17 '21 at 15:37

score 1 · Answer 8 · answered Mar 14 '21 at 23:33

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on windows run as administrator and run the command

npm uninstall -g webpack

on Linux

sudo npm uninstall -g webpack

answered Mar 14 '21 at 23:33

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score 1 · Answer 9 · answered Feb 02 '22 at 14:03

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

score 0 · Answer 10 · answered Sep 27 '21 at 15:45

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.

score 0 · Answer 11 · answered Mar 15 '22 at 11:08

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.

score -1 · Answer 12 · answered Feb 24 '21 at 12:04

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Try This:

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

answered Feb 24 '21 at 12:04

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