node/node_modules/npm/man/man1/npm-profile.1

.TH "NPM-PROFILE" "1" "April 2026" "NPM@11.13.0" ""
.SH "NAME"
\fBnpm-profile\fR - Change settings on your registry profile
.SS "Synopsis"
.P
.RS 2
.nf
npm profile enable-2fa \[lB]auth-only|auth-and-writes\[rB]
npm profile disable-2fa
npm profile get \[lB]<key>\[rB]
npm profile set <key> <value>
.fi
.RE
.P
Note: This command is unaware of workspaces.
.SS "Description"
.P
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.
.RS 0
.IP \(bu 4
\fBnpm profile get \[lB]<property>\[rB]\fR: Display all of the properties of your profile, or one or more specific properties. It looks like:
.RE 0

.P
.RS 2
.nf
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
.fi
.RE
.RS 0
.IP \(bu 4
\fBnpm profile set <property> <value>\fR: Set the value of a profile property. You can set the following properties this way: email, fullname, homepage, freenode, twitter, github
.IP \(bu 4
\fBnpm profile set password\fR: 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.
.IP \(bu 4
\fBnpm profile enable-2fa \[lB]auth-and-writes|auth-only\[rB]\fR: Enables two-factor authentication. Defaults to \fBauth-and-writes\fR mode. Modes are:
.RS 4
.IP \(bu 4
\fBauth-only\fR: 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.
.IP \(bu 4
\fBauth-and-writes\fR: Requires an OTP at all the times \fBauth-only\fR does, and also requires one when publishing a module, setting the \fBlatest\fR dist-tag, or changing access via \fBnpm access\fR and \fBnpm owner\fR.
.RE 0

.IP \(bu 4
\fBnpm profile disable-2fa\fR: Disables two-factor authentication.
.RE 0

.SS "Details"
.P
Some of these commands may not be available on non npmjs.com registries.
.SS "Configuration"
.SS "\fBregistry\fR"
.RS 0
.IP \(bu 4
Default: "https://registry.npmjs.org/"
.IP \(bu 4
Type: URL
.RE 0

.P
The base URL of the npm registry.
.SS "\fBjson\fR"
.RS 0
.IP \(bu 4
Default: false
.IP \(bu 4
Type: Boolean
.RE 0

.P
Whether or not to output JSON data, rather than the normal output.
.RS 0
.IP \(bu 4
In \fBnpm pkg set\fR it enables parsing set values with JSON.parse() before saving them to your \fBpackage.json\fR.
.RE 0

.P
Not supported by all npm commands.
.SS "\fBparseable\fR"
.RS 0
.IP \(bu 4
Default: false
.IP \(bu 4
Type: Boolean
.RE 0

.P
Output parseable results from commands that write to standard output. For \fBnpm search\fR, this will be tab-separated table format.
.SS "\fBotp\fR"
.RS 0
.IP \(bu 4
Default: null
.IP \(bu 4
Type: null or String
.RE 0

.P
This is a one-time password from a two-factor authenticator. It's needed when publishing or changing package permissions with \fBnpm access\fR.
.P
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.
.SS "See Also"
.RS 0
.IP \(bu 4
npm help adduser
.IP \(bu 4
npm help registry
.IP \(bu 4
npm help config
.IP \(bu 4
npm help npmrc
.IP \(bu 4
npm help owner
.IP \(bu 4
npm help whoami
.IP \(bu 4
npm help token
.RE 0