How to remove unused npm modules

In this post, we will see how to find the unused npm packages.

Installing the package

To find the unused npm packages, we need to install an npm module
Run the below command to install depcheck

npm install -g depcheck

If you use yarn, run below

yarn add global depcheck

Now go to the root directory of your project and run the below command

depcheck

The above command prints all the unused npm packages in your project

Unused dependencies
* date-fns

You can uninstall all the unused packages like below

npm uninstall -g <package-name>

or

yarn remove <package-name>