NP-PROFILE

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Updated: October 2025
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NAME

np-profile- Change settings on your registry profile  

Synopsis

npm profile enabl-2fa [lB]aut-only|aut-an-writes[rB]
npm profile disabl-2fa
npm profile get [lB]<key>[rB]
npm profile set <key> <value>

Note: This command is unaware of workspaces.  

Description

Change your profile information on the registry. Note that this command depends on the registry implementation, so thir-party registries may not support this interface.

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npm profile get [lB]<property>[rB]: Display all of the properties of your profile, or one or more specific properties. It looks like:

name: example
email: e@example.com (verified)
tw-factor auth: aut-an-writes
fullname: Example User
homepage:
freenode:
twitter:
github:
created: 201-0-26T01:38:35.892Z
updated: 201-1-02T21:29:45.922Z

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npm profile set <property> <value>: Set the value of a profile property. You can set the following properties this way: email, fullname, homepage, freenode, twitter, github

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npm profile set password: Change your password. This is interactive, you'll be prompted for your current password and a new password. You'll also be prompted for an OTP if you have tw-factor authentication enabled.

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npm profile enabl-2fa [lB]aut-an-writes|aut-only[rB]: Enables tw-factor authentication. Defaults to aut-an-writes mode. Modes are:

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aut-only: Require an OTP when logging in or making changes to your account's authentication. The OTP will be required on both the website and the command line.

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aut-an-writes: Requires an OTP at all the times aut-only does, and also requires one when publishing a module, setting the latest dis-tag, or changing access via npm access and npm owner.

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npm profile disabl-2fa: Disables tw-factor authentication.

 

Details

Some of these commands may not be available on non npmjs.com registries.  

Configuration

 

registry

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

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Type: URL

The base URL of the npm registry.  

json

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Default: false

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Type: Boolean

Whether or not to output JSON data, rather than the normal output.

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In npm pkg set it enables parsing set values with JSON.parse() before saving them to your package.json.

Not supported by all npm commands.  

parseable

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Default: false

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Type: Boolean

Output parseable results from commands that write to standard output. For npm search, this will be ta-separated table format.  

otp

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Default: null

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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.  

See Also

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npm help adduser

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npm help registry

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npm help config

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npm help npmrc

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npm help owner

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npm help whoami

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npm help token

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Index

NAME

Synopsis

Description

Details

Configuration

registry

json

parseable

otp

See Also