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The meteor remove command removes one or more packages from your Meteor project.

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Usage

meteor remove <package> [package...]

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Basic Usage

Remove a single package: 
meteor remove autopublish
Remove multiple packages: 
meteor remove autopublish insecure

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Options

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--allow-incompatible-update
boolean
default:"false"
Allow packages in your project to be upgraded or downgraded to versions that are potentially incompatible with the current versions, if required to satisfy all package version constraints.

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Examples

Remove default development packages: 
meteor remove autopublish insecure
Remove a package allowing incompatible updates: 
meteor remove my-package --allow-incompatible-update
Remove authentication packages: 
meteor remove accounts-password accounts-ui

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What Happens When You Remove a Package

When you remove a package:
  1. The package is removed from .meteor/packages
  2. The package and its exclusive dependencies are unloaded
  3. .meteor/versions is updated
  4. The app is rebuilt without the package

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Viewing Current Packages

To see which packages are in your project: 
meteor list
To see all packages including transitive dependencies: 
meteor list --tree

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Common Packages to Remove

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Development Packages

These should typically be removed before deploying to production: 
meteor remove autopublish  # Auto-publishes all DB data to clients
meteor remove insecure     # Allows client-side DB writes

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Switching UI Frameworks

When switching from one UI framework to another: 
# Remove Blaze
meteor remove blaze-html-templates

# Remove React
meteor remove react-meteor-data

# Remove Vue
meteor remove vue-meteor-tracker

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Dependencies

Removing a package doesn’t automatically remove its dependencies if those dependencies are used by other packages in your project. To see why a package is in your project: 
meteor list --tree

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Troubleshooting

If removing a package causes version conflicts: 
# Try allowing incompatible updates
meteor remove package --allow-incompatible-update

# Or update packages after removal
meteor remove package
meteor update