deno uninstall
deno uninstall [PACKAGES] Jump to heading
Remove dependencies specified in
deno.json or package.json:
deno add npm:express
Add npm:express@5.0.0
cat deno.json
{
"imports": {
"express": "npm:express@5.0.0"
}
}
deno uninstall express
Removed express
cat deno.json
{
"imports": {}
}
You can also use deno remove which is an alias to deno uninstall [PACKAGES]
You can remove multiple dependencies at once:
deno add npm:express jsr:@std/http
Added npm:express@5.0.0
Added jsr:@std/http@1.0.7
cat deno.json
{
"imports": {
"@std/http": "jsr:@std/http@^1.0.7",
"express": "npm:express@^5.0.0",
}
}
deno remove express @std/http
Removed express
Removed @std/http
cat deno.json
{
"imports": {}
}
While dependencies are removed from the deno.json and package.json they
still persist in the global cache for future use.
If your project contains package.json, deno uninstall can work with it too:
cat package.json
{
"dependencies": {
"express": "^5.0.0"
}
}
deno remove express
Removed express
cat package.json
{
"dependencies": {}
}
deno uninstall --global [SCRIPT_NAME] Jump to heading
Uninstall serve
deno uninstall --global serve
Uninstall serve from a specific installation root
deno uninstall -g --root /usr/local/bin serve
uninstallUninstalls a dependency or an executable script in the installation root's bin directory
Options Jump to heading
--certLoad certificate authority from PEM encoded file.
Configure different aspects of deno including TypeScript, linting, and code formatting.
Typically the configuration file will be called deno.json or deno.jsonc and
automatically detected; in that case this flag is not necessary.
--frozen-lockfileError out if lockfile is out of date.
--global, -gRemove globally installed packages or modules.
Load import map file from local file or remote URL.
--lockCheck the specified lock file. (If value is not provided, defaults to "./deno.lock").
--lockfile-onlyInstall only updating the lockfile.
--min-dep-age(Unstable) The age in minutes, ISO-8601 duration or RFC3339 absolute timestamp (e.g. '120' for two hours, 'P2D' for two days, '2025-09-16' for cutoff date, '2025-09-16T12:00:00+00:00' for cutoff time, '0' to disable).
--no-checkSkip type-checking. If the value of "remote" is supplied, diagnostic errors from remote modules will be ignored.
--no-configDisable automatic loading of the configuration file.
--no-lockDisable auto discovery of the lock file.
--no-npmDo not resolve npm modules.
--no-remoteDo not resolve remote modules.
--node-modules-dirSelects the node_modules directory mode for npm packages (not a path). One of: auto (create a local node_modules directory and install npm packages into it), manual (use the existing local node_modules directory, do not modify it), none (do not use a local node_modules directory; resolve npm packages from the global cache). Defaults to auto when the flag is passed without a value.
--node-modules-linkerSets the linker mode for npm packages (isolated or hoisted).
--package-jsonForce using package.json for dependency management instead of deno.json.
--reload, -rReload source code cache (recompile TypeScript). With no value, reloads everything. Pass a comma-separated list of specifiers to reload only those modules; npm: reloads all npm modules; npm:chalk reloads a single npm module; jsr:@std/http/file-server,jsr:@std/assert/assert-equals reloads specific modules.
--rootInstallation root.
--unsafely-ignore-certificate-errorsDANGER: Disables verification of TLS certificates.
--vendorToggles local vendor folder usage for remote modules and a node_modules folder for npm packages.
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