| .TH "NPM-LOGIN" "1" "April 2026" "NPM@11.13.0" ""
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| .SH "NAME"
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| \fBnpm-login\fR - Login to a registry user account
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| .SS "Synopsis"
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| .P
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| .RS 2
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| .nf
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| npm login
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| .fi
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| .RE
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| .P
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| Note: This command is unaware of workspaces.
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| .SS "Description"
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| .P
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| Verify a user in the specified registry, and save the credentials to the \fB.npmrc\fR file. If no registry is specified, the default registry will be used (see npm help config).
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| .P
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| When you run \fBnpm login\fR, the CLI automatically generates a legacy token of \fBpublish\fR type. For more information, see \fBAbout legacy tokens\fR \fI\(la/about-access-tokens#about-legacy-tokens\(ra\fR.
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| .P
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| When using \fBlegacy\fR for your \fBauth-type\fR, the username and password, are read in from prompts.
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| .P
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| To reset your password, go to \fI\(lahttps://www.npmjs.com/forgot\(ra\fR
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| .P
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| To change your email address, go to \fI\(lahttps://www.npmjs.com/email-edit\(ra\fR
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| .P
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| You may use this command multiple times with the same user account to authorize on a new machine. When authenticating on a new machine, the username, password and email address must all match with your existing record.
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| .SS "Configuration"
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| .SS "\fBregistry\fR"
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| .RS 0
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| .IP \(bu 4
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| Default: "https://registry.npmjs.org/"
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| .IP \(bu 4
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| Type: URL
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| .RE 0
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| .P
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| The base URL of the npm registry.
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| .SS "\fBscope\fR"
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| .RS 0
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| .IP \(bu 4
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| Default: the scope of the current project, if any, or ""
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| .IP \(bu 4
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| Type: String
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| .RE 0
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| .P
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| Associate an operation with a scope for a scoped registry.
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| .P
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| Useful when logging in to or out of a private registry:
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| .P
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| .RS 2
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| .nf
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| npm login --scope=@mycorp --registry=https://registry.mycorp.com
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| npm logout --scope=@mycorp
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| .fi
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| .RE
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| .P
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| This will cause \fB@mycorp\fR to be mapped to the registry for future installation of packages specified according to the pattern \fB@mycorp/package\fR.
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| .P
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| This will also cause \fBnpm init\fR to create a scoped package.
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| .P
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| .RS 2
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| .nf
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| npm init --scope=@foo --yes
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| .fi
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| .RE
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| .SS "\fBauth-type\fR"
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| .RS 0
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| .IP \(bu 4
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| Default: "web"
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| .IP \(bu 4
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| Type: "legacy" or "web"
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| .RE 0
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| .P
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| What authentication strategy to use with \fBlogin\fR. Note that if an \fBotp\fR config is given, this value will always be set to \fBlegacy\fR.
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| .SS "See Also"
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| .RS 0
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| .IP \(bu 4
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| npm help registry
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| .IP \(bu 4
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| npm help config
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| .IP \(bu 4
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| npm help npmrc
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| .IP \(bu 4
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| npm help owner
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| .IP \(bu 4
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| npm help whoami
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| .IP \(bu 4
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| npm help token
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| .IP \(bu 4
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| npm help profile
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| .RE 0
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