You can see in the previous step we have successfully changed the current NPM version to what want. Step 4: Switch back to the previous NPM version This will display the newly installed version of NPM. Note : -g stands for global, if you want to install the new version only for your current project then switch to its directory and run the command but without -g Step 3: Verify the new NPM versionĪfter successfully installing the NPM required version, we can check whether it has been set as the default current version or not. In the above-given syntax, replace the ‘version_number‘ text with the exact version of NPM you want to install on your system.įor example, our current version is 9.5.0 but we need 6.14.5 for our project then to install it, we can use the “NPM Install” command in this way: npm install -g 6.14.5 If you want to have some other version of NPM than the one currently installed on your system then you need to install it manually, here is the command syntax to do that. The above command will display the current NPM version installed on your system.

To do that on your PC – Windows, Linux, or macOS open the command terminal, and after that run the given command. You should know the current version of NPM installed on your system before issuing any command to change it.

Conclusion Step 1: Check the current NPM version

Current npm version