npm-deprecate(1) -- Deprecate a version of a package
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## SYNOPSIS

    npm deprecate <pkg>[@<version>] <message>

## DESCRIPTION

This command will update the npm registry entry for a package, providing
a deprecation warning to all who attempt to install it.

It works on [version ranges](https://semver.npmjs.com/) as well as specific
versions, so you can do something like this:

    npm deprecate my-thing@"< 0.2.3" "critical bug fixed in v0.2.3"

Note that you must be the package owner to deprecate something.  See the
`owner` and `adduser` help topics.

To un-deprecate a package, specify an empty string (`""`) for the `message`
argument. Note that you must use double quotes with no space between them to
format an empty string.

## SEE ALSO

* npm-publish(1)
* npm-registry(7)
