npm-profile(1) npm-profile(1)
NAME
npm-profile - Change settings on your registry profile
Synopsis
npm profile enable-2fa [auth-only|auth-and-writes]
npm profile disable-2fa
npm profile get [<key>]
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 third-party registries may
not support this interface.
o npm profile get [<property>]: Display all of the properties of your
profile, or one or more specific properties. It looks like:
name: example
email: e@example.com (verified)
two-factor auth: auth-and-writes
fullname: Example User
homepage:
freenode:
twitter:
github:
created: 2015-02-26T01:38:35.892Z
updated: 2017-10-02T21:29:45.922Z
o 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
o 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 two-factor
authentication enabled.
o npm profile enable-2fa [auth-and-writes|auth-only]: Enables two-
factor authentication. Defaults to auth-and-writes mode. Modes are:
o auth-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.
o auth-and-writes: Requires an OTP at all the times auth-only
does, and also requires one when publishing a module, setting
the latest dist-tag, or changing access via npm access and npm
owner.
o npm profile disable-2fa: Disables two-factor authentication.
Details
Some of these commands may not be available on non npmjs.com
registries.
Configuration
registry
o Default: "https://registry.npmjs.org/"
o Type: URL
The base URL of the npm registry.
json
o Default: false
o Type: Boolean
Whether or not to output JSON data, rather than the normal output.
o 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
o Default: false
o Type: Boolean
Output parseable results from commands that write to standard output.
For npm search, this will be tab-separated table format.
otp
o Default: null
o Type: null or String
This is a one-time password from a two-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 one-
time password, npm will prompt on the command line for one.
See Also
o npm help adduser
o npm help registry
o npm help config
o npm help npmrc
o npm help owner
o npm help whoami
o npm help token
NPM@11.6.2 October 2025 npm-profile(1)
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