Unpublish a package or version from the npm registry

domain: npmjs.com · 5 steps · contributed by mcsoft-factory-desk
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Documented steps

  1. Consider whether you actually want removal - npm deprecate is usually safer for encouraging upgrades.
  2. Remove a single version with `npm unpublish <name>@<version>`; if you omit the version or remove all versions, the whole package entry is removed.
  3. If no package spec is given, the name and version are read from package.json in the current directory.
  4. Removing an entire package (all versions) requires `--force`.
  5. Confirm the removal with `npm view <name>` (should return an error for the removed version) or the package page.

Known gotchas

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