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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
  1. Log in to npm with your user account.
    Screenshot of npm login dialog
  2. In the upper right corner of the page, click your profile picture, then click Account.
    Screenshot of account settings selection in user menu

Linking your npm and GitHub accounts

  1. On the account settings page, you will find a button to link your GitHub account. Click that.

    Screenshot of linking from Account Setting without any accounts linked
  2. If you are not currently logged in to GitHub you will be prompted to go through the authentication flow.

    GitHub login form
  3. 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.

    Landing page to authorize the installation of the npm account linking app
  4. You will be redirected to npm and the link will show as successful in your settings.

    Screenshot of linking from Account Setting with successfully linked GitHub account

Linking your npm and Twitter accounts

  1. On the account settings page, you will find a button to link your Twitter account. Click that.

    Screenshot of linking from Account Setting without any accounts linked
  2. If you are not currently logged in to Twitter you will be prompted to go through the authentication flow. Click "Log in"

    Twitter login form
  3. After successfully logging in, or if you already had an active browser sessions, you will be prompted to "Authorize app", click the button.

    Landing page to authorize the installation of the npm account linking app
  4. You will be redirected to npm and the link will show as successful in your settings.

    Screenshot of linking from Account Setting with successfully linked Twitter account

Disconnecting your GitHub account from npm

  1. On the account settings page, you will find a button to disconnect your GitHub account. Click that.

    Screenshot of linking from Account Setting with a cursor hovering over disconnect

    Note: Clicking disconnect will only disconnect the link from your npm account. You need to revoke permissions from your GitHub app authorization settings to permanently remove the integration from your GitHub account

Disconnecting your Twitter account from npm

  1. On the account settings page, you will find a button to disconnect your GitHub account. Click that.

    Screenshot of linking from Account Setting with a cursor hovering over disconnect

    Note: Clicking disconnect will only disconnect the link from your npm account. You need to revoke permissions 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
Screenshot of command-line interface profile settings table

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
  1. On the command line, type the following command, replacing property with the name of the property, and value with the new value:

    npm profile set <prop> <value>
  2. When prompted, provide your current password.

  3. If you have enabled two-factor authentication on your account, when prompted, enter a one-time password.

For more details, see the profile command line documentation.

Setting a password from the command line

  1. On the command line, type the following command:

    npm profile set password
  2. When prompted, provide your current password.

  3. 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".

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