# `mix npm.clean`
[🔗](https://github.com/elixir-volt/npm_ex/blob/v0.7.4/lib/mix/tasks/npm.clean.ex#L1)

Remove the `node_modules` directory.

    mix npm.clean

Use `mix npm.install` to reinstall after cleaning.

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