---
title: "deno uninstall"
oldUrl: /runtime/manual/tools/uninstall/
command: uninstall
openGraphLayout: "/open_graph/cli-commands.jsx"
openGraphTitle: "deno uninstall"
description: "Remove a dependency from your project or from your global cache"
---

## `deno uninstall [PACKAGES]`

Remove dependencies specified in `deno.json` or `package.json`:

```shell
$ deno add npm:express
Add npm:express@5.0.0

$ cat deno.json
{
  "imports": {
    "express": "npm:express@5.0.0"
  }
}
```

```shell
$ deno uninstall express
Removed express

$ cat deno.json
{
  "imports": {}
}
```

:::tip

You can also use `deno remove` which is an alias to `deno uninstall [PACKAGES]`

:::

You can remove multiple dependencies at once:

```shell
$ deno add npm:express jsr:@std/http
Added npm:express@5.0.0
Added jsr:@std/http@1.0.7

$ cat deno.json
{
  "imports": {
    "@std/http": "jsr:@std/http@^1.0.7",
    "express": "npm:express@^5.0.0",
  }
}
```

```shell
$ deno remove express @std/http
Removed express
Removed @std/http

$ cat deno.json
{
  "imports": {}
}
```

:::info

While dependencies are removed from the `deno.json` and `package.json` they
still persist in the global cache for future use.

:::

If your project contains `package.json`, `deno uninstall` can work with it too:

```shell
$ cat package.json
{
  "dependencies": {
    "express": "^5.0.0"
  }
}

$ deno remove express
Removed express

$ cat package.json
{
  "dependencies": {}
}
```

## `deno uninstall --global [SCRIPT_NAME]`

Uninstall `serve`

```bash
deno uninstall --global serve
```

Uninstall `serve` from a specific installation root

```bash
deno uninstall -g --root /usr/local/bin serve
```