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


        

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

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.

Answer 3

Try running both the below:

npm uninstall -g webpack
npm uninstall webpack

I think you might be checking/lloking at the local version after deleting only the global one.

Answer 4

Try

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

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

Answer 5

npm uninstall -g webpack

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