Node on Nelson Figueroahttps://nelson.cloud/categories/node/Recent content in Node on Nelson FigueroaNelson Figueroahttps://nelson.cloud/opengraph-images/default.pnghttps://nelson.cloud/opengraph-images/default.pngenSat, 24 Jan 2026 16:22:37 -0800Delete All node_modules Directories Recursively in macOS and Linuxhttps://nelson.cloud/delete-all-node_modules-directories-recursively-in-macos-and-linux/?ref=rssSun, 14 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://nelson.cloud/delete-all-node_modules-directories-recursively-in-macos-and-linux/?ref=rssHow to delete all node_modules directories recursively in macOS and Linux systems.We can use the find command to delete a specific directory recursively. This is the command formula:

Shell
find /path/to/starting/directory/ -type d -name "directory_to_delete" -exec rm -rf {} \;

For example, if we wanted to delete all node_modules directories within the path /projects/javascript/, we would run:

Shell
find /projects/javascript/ -type d -name "node_modules" -exec rm -rf {} \;

Note:

Sometimes the output says:

Text
find: ./node_modules: No such file or directory

But the command should still work.

If you look closely, we’re really just executing a command against all node_modules directories in the /projects/javascript/ directory (rm -rf). This command can be modified to execute other commands against all node_modules directories, but that is out of the scope of this post :)

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