1--- 2section: cli-commands 3title: npm-uninstall 4description: Remove a package 5--- 6 7# npm-uninstall(1) 8 9## Remove a package 10 11### Synopsis 12 13```bash 14npm uninstall [<@scope>/]<pkg>[@<version>]... [-S|--save|-D|--save-dev|-O|--save-optional|--no-save] 15 16aliases: remove, rm, r, un, unlink 17``` 18 19### Description 20 21This uninstalls a package, completely removing everything npm installed 22on its behalf. 23 24Example: 25 26```bash 27npm uninstall sax 28``` 29 30In global mode (ie, with `-g` or `--global` appended to the command), 31it uninstalls the current package context as a global package. 32 33`npm uninstall` takes 3 exclusive, optional flags which save or update 34the package version in your main package.json: 35 36* `-S, --save`: Package will be removed from your `dependencies`. 37 38* `-D, --save-dev`: Package will be removed from your `devDependencies`. 39 40* `-O, --save-optional`: Package will be removed from your `optionalDependencies`. 41 42* `--no-save`: Package will not be removed from your `package.json` file. 43 44Further, if you have an `npm-shrinkwrap.json` then it will be updated as 45well. 46 47Scope is optional and follows the usual rules for [`scope`](/using-npm/scope). 48 49Examples: 50```bash 51npm uninstall sax --save 52npm uninstall @myorg/privatepackage --save 53npm uninstall node-tap --save-dev 54npm uninstall dtrace-provider --save-optional 55npm uninstall lodash --no-save 56``` 57 58### See Also 59 60* [npm prune](/cli-commands/npm-prune) 61* [npm install](/cli-commands/npm-install) 62* [npm folders](/configuring-npm/folders) 63* [npm config](/cli-commands/npm-config) 64* [npmrc](/configuring-npm/npmrc) 65