#199·npkill

npkill doesnt show node_modules in nested routes

Author: skinnyleonardCreated Jul 13, 2025Updated Mar 20, 2026

Describe the bug i have a webs folder inside webs folder i have ALL my projects with react, some not with react, etc node_modules so i run "npx npkill" under my webs directory: C:\Users\jesu\documents\webs> npx npkill what happens, doesnt list me anything just that inside webs folder, this first 3 folders have node_modules inside but npkill doesnt care and dont list me anything i have like 50 more folders to scan what can i do here, i tried npx npkill -f, npx npkill -d ./webs nothing seems to work

its just: webs/web1/node... webs/web2/node... and that. i dont have npm workspaces but npkill doesnt care

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior: npx npkill

i tried with git bash, cmd, powershell, vscode, all under administrator privileges this only seems to happen to me

Expected behavior i expect to list my node_modules, then delete all, just that, Keep It Simple S....

Screenshots i dont have screenshot last node version las windows updates (22h2)