Delete node_modules folders recursively

delete-node-modules.md

Delete node_modules recursively

cd directory-to-prune

# delete all node_modules in a single rm command
find . -name 'node_modules' -type d -prune -exec rm -rf '{}' +

# or delete folders one by one printing the folder being deleted
find . -name 'node_modules' -type d -prune -print -exec rm -rf '{}' \;

-prune will prevent find to recurse into node_module directories (to look for nested node_modules)
{} is a placeholder which find replaces with the file path it found.
+ tells find to append all the file paths to a single command rather than running rm for each.

Interactive mode

https://github.com/voidcosmos/npkill

cd directory-to-prune

npx npkill