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NPM-DEPRECATE(1) General Commands Manual NPM-DEPRECATE(1)

NAME

npm-deprecate

Synopsis

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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 as well as specific versions, so you can do something like this:

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

In this case, a version my-thing@1.0.0-beta.0 will also be deprecated.

You must be the package owner to deprecate something.
See the owner and adduser help topics.

To un-deprecate a package, specify an empty string (&quot;&quot;) for the message argument.
Note that you must use double quotes with no space between them to format an empty string.

Configuration

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See Also

  • package spec
  • npm publish
  • npm registry
  • npm owner
  • npm adduser

March 2026 11.12.1