Reputation: 53940
Assume I install project packages with npm install
that looks into package.json
for modules to be installed. After a while I see that I don't need some specific module and remove its dependency from package.json
. Then I remove some other modules from package.json
because they are not needed anymore and others are replaced with alternatives.
Now I want to clean node_modules
folder so that only modules listed in package.json
stay there and the rest must go, something like npm clean
. I know I can remove them manually but would like to have some nice ready to use sugar functionality for that.
Upvotes: 534
Views: 1111829
Reputation: 1
Remove node_modules
and package-lock.json
.
Run the following command in your terminal:
rm -rf node_modules package-lock.json
Upvotes: 0
Reputation: 451
I recently upgraded Angular from 14 to 15, and found that I need to do:
npm cache clean --force
npm cache verify
rm -rf node_modules/
npm install
If I don't do cache clean, the install will success locally, but failed when run deploy on server. This is because local install will use local cached package to install. be aware. :)
Upvotes: 12
Reputation: 89
You can also use npx in combination with rimraf to remove all node modules with one command, so you don't have to install rimraf first.
So go to the path where your node_modules folder is located by using cmd (in case you are not there already) and run the following command
npx rimraf node_modules
Upvotes: 8
Reputation: 1294
From version 6.5.0 npm
supports the command clean-install
(ci
) to hard refresh all the packages.
Please, see the references:
npm
6.x: npm-ci | npm Docs.npm
7.x: npm-ci | npm Docs.npm ci
for faster, more reliable builds.Upvotes: 69
Reputation: 161
Just in-case somebody needs it, here's something I've done recently to resolve this:
npm ci - If you want to clean everything and install all packages from scratch:
-It does a clean install: if the node_modules folder exists, npm deletes it and installs a fresh one.
-It checks for consistency: if package-lock.json doesn’t exist or if it doesn’t match the contents of package.json, npm stops with an error.
https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v6/commands/npm-ci
npm-dedupe - If you want to clean-up the current node_modules directory without deleting and re-installing all the packages
Searches the local package tree and attempts to simplify the overall structure by moving dependencies further up the tree, where they can be more effectively shared by multiple dependent packages.
https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v6/commands/npm-dedupe
Upvotes: 16
Reputation: 929
rimraf is an package for simulate linux command [rm -rf] in windows. which is useful for cross platform support. for install its CLI:
npm install rimraf -g
Upvotes: 0
Reputation: 1037
The best article I found about it is this one: https://trilon.io/blog/how-to-delete-all-nodemodules-recursively
All from the console and easy to execute from any folder point.
But as a summary of the article, this command to find the size for each node_module
folder found in different projects.
find . -name "node_modules" -type d -prune -print | xargs du -chs
And to actually remove them:
find . -name 'node_modules' -type d -prune -print -exec rm -rf '{}' \;
The article contains also instructions for windows shell.
Upvotes: 15
Reputation: 183
I have added few lines inside package.json:
"scripts": {
...
"clean": "rmdir /s /q node_modules",
"reinstall": "npm run clean && npm install",
"rebuild": "npm run clean && npm install && rmdir /s /q dist && npm run build --prod",
...
}
If you want to clean
only you can use this rimraf node_modules
or rm -rf node_modules
.
It works fine
Upvotes: 8
Reputation: 788
First globally install rimraf
npm install rimraf -g
go to the path using cmd where your node_modules folder and apply below command
rimraf node_modules
Upvotes: 30
Reputation: 1045
simple just run
rm -r node_modules
in fact, you can delete any folder with this.
like rm -r AnyFolderWhichIsNotDeletableFromShiftDeleteOrDelete.
just open the gitbash move to root of the folder and run this command
Hope this will help.
Upvotes: 49
Reputation: 2295
For Windows User, alternative solution to remove such folder listed here: http://ask.osify.com/qa/567
Among them, a free tool: Long Path Fixer is good to try: http://corz.org/windows/software/accessories/Long-Path-Fixer-for-Windows.php
Upvotes: 2
Reputation: 1581
Due to its folder nesting Windows can’t delete the folder as its name is too long. To solve this, install RimRaf:
npm install rimraf -g
rimraf node_modules
Upvotes: 136
Reputation: 106850
I think you're looking for npm prune
npm prune [<name> [<name ...]]
This command removes "extraneous" packages. If a package name is provided, then only packages matching one of the supplied names are removed.
Extraneous packages are packages that are not listed on the parent package's dependencies list.
See the docs: https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/prune
Upvotes: 528
Reputation: 129
Have you tried npm prune?
it should uninstall everything not listed in your package file
https://npmjs.org/doc/cli/npm-prune.html
Upvotes: 12
Reputation: 4267
You could remove your node_modules/ folder and then reinstall the dependencies from package.json.
rm -rf node_modules/
npm install
This would erase all installed packages in the current folder and only install the dependencies from package.json. If the dependencies have been previously installed npm will try to use the cached version, avoiding downloading the dependency a second time.
Upvotes: 362