deno unlink

The deno unlink command removes a local package link created with deno link, so imports resolve to the published registry version again. It edits the links array in the nearest deno.json for you.

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You can remove an entry by its path or by the linked package's JSR name:

# By the path you linked
deno unlink ../my-local-pkg

# By the package's JSR name
deno unlink @scope/name

Path arguments resolve relative to the current working directory, the same way deno link resolves them, so deno unlink ../pkg matches an entry created by deno link ../pkg from the same directory. When the links array becomes empty it is removed entirely.

If no argument matches a linked entry, deno unlink exits with a non-zero status rather than reporting success, so a mistyped path or name is detectable in scripts and CI. It never creates a deno.json: if there is none, there are no linked packages to remove.

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