Is there a command to remove all global npm modules? If not, what do you suggest?
Is there a command to remove all global npm modules? If not, what do you suggest?
The following command removes all global npm modules. Note: this does not work on Windows. For a working Windows version, see Ollie Bennett's Answer.
npm ls -gp --depth=0 | awk -F/ '/node_modules/ && !/\/npm$/ {print $NF}' | xargs npm -g rm
Here is how it works:
npm ls -gp --depth=0 lists all global top level modules (see the cli documentation for ls) awk -F/ '/node_modules/ && !/\/npm$/ {print $NF}' prints all modules that are not actually npm itself (does not end with /npm)xargs npm -g rm removes all modules globally that come over the previous pipe