How to remove Node.js from Windows.

To remove Node.js from windows system you have to follow these steps.

  1. Open cmd
  2. Execute this command npm cache clean --force
  3. Open the Programs & Features and find the node software and right-click on the node and then click on uninstall.
  4. Reboot your system.
  5. Check out these paths at these locations if you find these folders, delete them. And also enable the show hidden files option so you can see the node hidden folders.
    • C:\Program Files\Nodejs
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Nodejs
    • C:\Users\{User}\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache (or  %appdata%\npm-cache)
    • C:\Users\{User}\AppData\Roaming\npm (or  %appdata%\npm)
    • C:\Users\{User}\.npmrc (and also check for that without the . prefix too)
    • C:\Users\{User}\AppData\Local\Temp\npm-*

 

  1.  Also, check your environment variables to ensure no references to npm or Nodejs exists.
  2. Reboot your system.

 

Congratulations you have successfully remove Node.js from windows system.

 

Also, check this Error message “error:0308010C:digital envelope routines::unsupported

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