Ubuntu – how to remove complete node js and npm from Ubuntu 18.04

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although I try with all nodejs uninstall command, still node version and npm version is showing when I run npm -v
I run followingh commands:

sudo apt-get remove nodejs

sudo apt-get remove npm
sudo apt-get update



sudo rm -rf /usr/local/bin/npm /usr/local/share/man/man1/node* /usr/local/lib/dtrace/node.d ~/.npm ~/.node-gyp /opt/local/bin/node /opt/local/include/node /opt/local/lib/node_modules 

sudo rm -rf /usr/local/lib/node*

sudo rm -rf /usr/local/include/node*

sudo rm -rf /usr/local/bin/node*

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You can try running apt-get remove nodejs --purge and apt-get remove npm --purge.

If the command continues to run, you can run find / -name npm, check the results, and delete files that you consider necessary.

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Changing update-alternatives like the following might help:

$ sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/node nodejs /usr/bin/nodejs 100

$ node -v
v0.10.7

Maybe delete all alternatives to node before:

$ sudo update-alternatives --remove-all nodejs

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This will be messy ...

The simplest solution that I have found to this problem when trying to "fix" a broken development server that couldn't be formatted and rebuilt from scratch due to "management" is this:

remove the globally installed packages
delete the locally installed packages from the various /home directories and /root
remove Node

Here's the basic process:

Open Terminal (if it's not already open) or SSH into the machine (if you don't have physical access)
List all globally installed packages:
```
npm list -g --depth 0
```
Uninstall the global packages one by one with:
```
sudo npm uninstall -g <package-name>
```
If you'd like to also do this for locally installed packages from your account, you can do this:
```
npm list
npm uninstall -S <package-name>
```
The -S flag will also remove the reference in your package.json file
Remove the following directories:
⇢ /etc/npmrc
⇢ /home/youruser/.npmrc
⇢ /root/.npmrc
⇢ ./.npmrc in any project directory next to package.json (search by using locate .npmrc)

Remove the Node package:

sudo apt remove nodejs --purge  
sudo apt remove npm --purge

Finally, remove the straggling files and directories:

sudo rm -rf /usr/local/bin/npm \ 
            /usr/local/share/man/man1/node* \
            /usr/local/lib/dtrace/node.d \
            ~/.npm \
            ~/.node-gyp \
            /opt/local/bin/node \
            /opt/local/include/node \
            /opt/local/lib/node_modules

... and the modules:

sudo rm -rf /usr/local/lib/node*

... and the include modules:

sudo rm -rf /usr/local/include/node*

... and the files in the local /bin:

sudo rm -rf /usr/local/bin/node*

Enjoy a 15-minute break, because you're done

At this point, you can reinstall Node and its package manager if you wish to start over with a clean slate.

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