Revert from pnpm to npm

Question

I just realized I won't be able to use pnpm in a project, due to compatibility issues with other tools. Is there a way to cleanly switch back to npm, which is my default package manager? What would be your approach? I'm trying to avoid reverting back to a previous push.

Thank you!

Answer 1

This should be pretty easy:

• Delete node_modules
• Delete pnpm_lock.yaml (this will be replaced by package-lock.json)
• Replace all pnpm calls to npm in package.json

Now you can run npm install. Tadaa, welcome back to npm.