Managing your profile settings
You can manage settings for your user account profile from the web or command line.
Managing user account profile settings from the web
From the web, you can change the following user profile settings:
Avatar
Password
Full name
Link GitHub Account
Link Twitter Account
Email address added to package metadata
Two-factor authentication status
Log in to npm with your user account.
In the upper right corner of the page, click your profile picture, then click Account.
Linking your npm and GitHub accounts
On the account settings page, you will find a button to link your GitHub account. Click that.
If you are not currently logged in to GitHub you will be prompted to go through the authentication flow.
After successfully logging in, or if you already had an active browser sessions, you will be prompted to "authorize npm account link", click the button.
You will be redirected to npm and the link will show as successful in your settings.
Linking your npm and Twitter accounts
On the account settings page, you will find a button to link your Twitter account. Click that.
If you are not currently logged in to Twitter you will be prompted to go through the authentication flow. Click "Log in"
After successfully logging in, or if you already had an active browser sessions, you will be prompted to "Authorize app", click the button.
You will be redirected to npm and the link will show as successful in your settings.
Disconnecting your GitHub account from npm
On the account settings page, you will find a button to disconnect your GitHub account. Click that.
Note: Clicking disconnect will only disconnect the link from your npm account. You need to revokepermissions from your GitHub app authorization settings to permanently remove the integration from your GitHub account
Disconnecting your Twitter account from npm
On the account settings page, you will find a button to disconnect your GitHub account. Click that.
Note: Clicking disconnect will only disconnect the link from your npm account. You need to revokepermissions from your Twitter connect apps management page to permanently remove the integration from your Twitter account
Managing user account profile settings from the command line
Note:Your npm client must be version 5.5.1 or higher to change your account settings from the CLI. To update to the latest version of npm, on the command line, run npm install npm@latest -g
Viewing user account profile settings from the command line
To view your user profile settings from the CLI, on the command line, run the following command:
npm profile get
Updating user account profile settings from the command line
From the CLI, you can change the following properties for your user account:
email
two-factor auth
fullname
homepage
freenode
password
On the command line, type the following command, replacing propertywith the name of the property, and valuewith the new value:
- ``` sh
- npm profile set <prop> <value>
- ```
When prompted, provide your current password.
If you have enabled two-factor authentication on your account, when prompted, enter a one-time password.
For more details, see the profilecommand line documentation .
Setting a password from the command line
On the command line, type the following command:
npm profile set password
When prompted, provide your current password.
When prompted, type a new password.
To protect your account, when you reset your password from the command line, it must:
be longer than 10 characters
not contain part of your username
not be in the "Have I Been Pwned " breach database
Configuring two-factor authentication from the command line
Enabling two-factor authentication on your account helps protect against unauthorized access to your account and packages.
To enable, configure, and disable two-factor authentication from the command line, see "Configuring two-factor authentication ".