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12 <h1><a href="../api/npm-uninstall.html">npm-uninstall</a></h1> <p>uninstall a package programmatically</p>
13 <h2 id="synopsis">SYNOPSIS</h2>
14 <pre><code>npm.commands.uninstall(packages, callback)
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16 <p>This acts much the same ways as uninstalling on the command-line.</p>
17 <p>The 'packages' parameter is an array of strings. Each element in the array is
18 the name of a package to be uninstalled.</p>
19 <p>Finally, 'callback' is a function that will be called when all packages have been
20 uninstalled or when an error has been encountered.</p>
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33 <p id="footer">npm-uninstall — npm@2.11.2</p>