Clean Unused Deps

Clean up unused npm dependencies in a project. Use when you want to remove packages that are installed but not used in the codebase.

Clean Unused Dependencies

This skill helps identify and remove unused npm dependencies from a project.

Workflow

1. Identify unused dependencies using depcheck
2. Remove the unused dependencies with npm uninstall

Prerequisites

• Node.js and npm installed
• depcheck installed globally (npm install -g depcheck)

Instructions

1. Run depcheck in the project root to identify unused dependencies
2. Review the output and identify packages to remove
3. Run npm uninstall <package-name> for each unused package

Example

bash

# Check for unused dependencies
depcheck

# Remove unused package
npm uninstall unused-package-name

For multiple packages:

bash

npm uninstall package1 package2 package3