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title: removal
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section: 7
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description: Cleaning the Slate
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---
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### Synopsis
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So sad to see you go.
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```bash
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sudo npm uninstall npm -g
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```
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Or, if that fails, get the npm source code, and do:
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```bash
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sudo make uninstall
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```
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### More Severe Uninstalling
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Usually, the above instructions are sufficient. That will remove
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npm, but leave behind anything you've installed.
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If that doesn't work, or if you require more drastic measures,
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continue reading.
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Note that this is only necessary for globally-installed packages. Local
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installs are completely contained within a project's `node_modules`
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folder. Delete that folder, and everything is gone unless a package's
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install script is particularly ill-behaved.
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This assumes that you installed node and npm in the default place. If
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you configured node with a different `--prefix`, or installed npm with a
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different prefix setting, then adjust the paths accordingly, replacing
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`/usr/local` with your install prefix.
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To remove everything npm-related manually:
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```bash
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rm -rf /usr/local/{lib/node{,/.npm,_modules},bin,share/man}/npm*
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```
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If you installed things *with* npm, then your best bet is to uninstall
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them with npm first, and then install them again once you have a
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proper install. This can help find any symlinks that are lying
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around:
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```bash
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ls -laF /usr/local/{lib/node{,/.npm},bin,share/man} | grep npm
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```
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Prior to version 0.3, npm used shim files for executables and node
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modules. To track those down, you can do the following:
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```bash
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find /usr/local/{lib/node,bin} -exec grep -l npm \{\} \; ;
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```
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### See also
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* [npm uninstall](/commands/npm-uninstall)
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* [npm prune](/commands/npm-prune)
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