NP-DEPRECATE

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Updated: October 2025
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NAME

np-deprecate- Deprecate a version of a package  

Synopsis

npm deprecate <packag-spec> <message>

Note: This command is unaware of workspaces.  

Description

This command will update the npm registry entry for a package, providing a deprecation warning to all who attempt to install it. It works on version ranges lahttps://semver.npmjs.com/ra as well as specific versions, so you can do something like this:

npm deprecate m-thing@"< 0.2.3" "critical bug fixed in v0.2.3"

SemVer ranges passed to this command are interpreted such that they do include prerelease versions. For example:

npm deprecate m-thing@1.x "1.x is no longer supported"

In this case, a version m-thing@1.0.-beta.0 will also be deprecated. You must be the package owner to deprecate something. See the owner and adduser help topics. To u-deprecate a package, specify an empty string ("") for the message argument. Note that you must use double quotes with no space between them to format an empty string.  

Configuration

 

registry

*

Default: "https://registry.npmjs.org/"

*

Type: URL

The base URL of the npm registry.  

otp

*

Default: null

*

Type: null or String

This is a on-time password from a tw-factor authenticator. It's needed when publishing or changing package permissions with npm access. If not set, and a registry response fails with a challenge for a on-time password, npm will prompt on the command line for one.  

dr-run

*

Default: false

*

Type: Boolean

Indicates that you don't want npm to make any changes and that it should only report what it would have done. This can be passed into any of the commands that modify your local installation, eg, install, update, dedupe, uninstall, as well as pack and publish. Note: This is NOT honored by other network related commands, eg dis-tags, owner, etc.  

See Also

*

npm help "package spec"

*

npm help publish

*

npm help registry

*

npm help owner

*

npm help adduser

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Index

NAME

Synopsis

Description

Configuration

registry

otp

dry-run

See Also