If I go to npm commands https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v8/commands there is no such command as unlink, however, it seems that this is the only way you can remove symbolic links (if you have some). So, the way I could remove symbolic links I found not in official npm docs but on other resources. Does anybody know why this command is missing in npm docs? I thought maybe in version 8 it was somehow removed/changed, but even in older versions the same thing - no unlink command.

CodePudding user response：

The unlink command is an alias of the uninstall command.

The commands; unlink, remove, rm, r, and un, are all essentially an alias of the uninstall command. Therefore you can utilise any one of the aforementioned keywords/commands for the same purpose.

Refer to the uninstall command in the npm docs for further information. As you can see the ”Synopsis” section states the following:

Synopsis

npm uninstall [<@scope>/]<pkg>...

aliases: unlink, remove, rm, r, un