Remove node from Mac
To completely uninstall the node executable as well as npm, here are some instructions on what to do: Note that not all of the directories listed here may exist on your system depending on your install method.
- Delete
node
and/ornode_modules
from/usr/local/lib
- Delete
node
and/ornode_modules
from/usr/local/include
- Delete
node
,node-debug
, andnode-gyp
from/usr/local/bin
- Delete
.npmrc
from your home directory (these are your npm settings, don't delete this if you plan on re-installing Node right away) - Delete
.npm
from your home directory - Delete
.node-gyp
from your home directory - Delete
.node_repl_history
from your home directory - Delete
node*
from/usr/local/share/man/man1/
- Delete
npm*
from/usr/local/share/man/man1/
- Delete
node.d
from/usr/local/lib/dtrace/
- Delete
node
from/opt/local/bin/
- Delete
node
from/opt/local/include/
- Delete
node_modules
from/opt/local/lib/
- Delete
node
from/usr/local/share/doc/
- Delete
node.stp
from/usr/local/share/systemtap/tapset/
This list should include just about all the references to Node on your system.