Answer by Anway Bhutkar for How to uninstall npm modules in node js?

The command for uninstalling node module:

npm uninstall <module_name>

This will uninstall module from your local node-module directory, this will not affect application.

But if you are refer to global scope or want to change dependencies in package.json

here are some different options

npm uninstall <module_name> --save to remove module from dependencies in package.json.

npm uninstall <module_name> --save-dev to remove module from devDependencies in package.json.

npm uninstall <module_name> -g --save to remove module globally.

Full documentation with all option, refer npm uninstall