# Uninstalling nodes
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/uninstalling-nodes/5544
**Category:** General
**Created:** [6 December 2018 20:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/uninstalling-nodes/5544 "2018-12-06T20:10:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@kenkoknz](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/kenkoknz)
#### Post date: [6 December 2018 20:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/uninstalling-nodes/5544/1 "2018-12-06T20:10:39Z")
Hi,
I install an i2c lcd node using:
`cd ~/.node-red/node_modules`
`git clone https://github.com/johnty/node-red-contrib-i2clcd`
`cd ~/.node-red/node_modules/node-red-contrib-i2clcd`
`npm i`
As I install via git clone, I presume i cannot uninstall via npm or the palatte (tried), How do I uninstall the node and dependencies cleanly and not screw up the system?
Thanks,
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### Author:  [@knolleary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/knolleary)
#### Post date: [6 December 2018 20:16 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/uninstalling-nodes/5544/2 "2018-12-06T20:16:52Z")
Hi @kenkoknz
that's a slightly unconventional way to have installed the node. I assume there was a particular reason to install the code from git rather than npm. For future reference, you could have done:
```auto
cd ~/.node-red
npm install johnty/node-red-contrib-i2clcd
```
and npm would have installed it from github auto-magically.
To remove it, run `npm remove node-red-contrib-i2clcd` from `~/.node-red`.
If that fails, just delete the directory `~/.node-red/node_modules/node-red-contrib-i2clcd`.
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### Author:  [@kenkoknz](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/kenkoknz)
#### Post date: [6 December 2018 20:46 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/uninstalling-nodes/5544/3 "2018-12-06T20:46:08Z")
Thanks for the quick response, I will give it a go. The reason I want to uninstall the node is to try another i2c lcd node, in case the old one interfers with the new one,
I notice that one can also disable the node, will disabling the node another alternative to uninstall?
Thanks
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### Author:  [@zhang](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zhang)
#### Post date: [9 September 2019 09:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/uninstalling-nodes/5544/4 "2019-09-09T09:06:24Z")
i have try it as your advice. but it is not in the node\_modules . i have try to remove it globales in system of raspberry. but it dont work too
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### Author:  [@zenofmud](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zenofmud)
#### Post date: [9 September 2019 10:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/uninstalling-nodes/5544/5 "2019-09-09T10:09:23Z")
@zhang please ask the questions in only one [thread.](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/the-flows-stopped-due-to-missing-node-types-movehub-config/15297)
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### Author:  [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)
#### Post date: [9 September 2019 12:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/uninstalling-nodes/5544/6 "2019-09-09T12:31:00Z")