How to create new angular app without downloading node_modules files - node.js

I'm new in angular and every time I want to create new angular application it downloads approximately 316MB files from internet.
I was wondering if there is any way to skip downloading node_modules folder and just download other angular files neccessary to run my app and then copy&paste my (existing) node_modules folder to root folder of my app.

you can run the command ng new <YourProjectName> --skip-install, It will create a package without node_modules folder.

Yes, it's possible. Copy package.json, package-lock.json and node_modules. node_modules usually doesn't contain any project specific files or configurations.

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The node_modules folder is created to hold dependencies of your project, so you will need that in order to run or test your application.
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