npm uninstall [<@scope>/]<pkg>[@<version>]\.\.\. [-S|--save|-D|--save-dev|-O|--save-optional|--no-save]

aliases: remove, rm, r, un, unlink

This uninstalls a package, completely removing everything npm installed on its behalf\.

Example:

npm uninstall sax

In global mode (ie, with -g or --global appended to the command), it uninstalls the current package context as a global package\.

npm uninstall takes 3 exclusive, optional flags which save or update the package version in your main package\.json:

Further, if you have an npm-shrinkwrap\.json then it will be updated as well\.

Scope is optional and follows the usual rules for npm help scope\|\.

Examples:

npm uninstall sax --save
npm uninstall @myorg/privatepackage --save
npm uninstall node-tap --save-dev
npm uninstall dtrace-provider --save-optional
npm uninstall lodash --no-save