How do I remove old versions of node/npm?

Question

I\'ve been playing around with node a couple of months ago, as it\'s a fast evolving project, I thought I\'d need to update it when I picked it up recently, not knowing how

Answer 1

Could you give it a shot with this script from the npm site?

It should clean up any old installations you have and install the latest version.

Answer 2

To remove all cached versions except the current version

sudo n prune

Check how much all those versions are taking with du -sh /usr/local/n/versions.

Also,

Remove the installed node and npm (does not affect the cached version). This can be useful to revert to the system version of node (if in a different location), or if you no longer wish to use node and npm, or are switching to a different way of managing them.

sudo n uninstall