1--- 2section: cli-commands 3title: npm-deprecate 4description: Deprecate a version of a package 5--- 6# npm-deprecate(1) 7 8## Deprecate a version of a package 9 10### Synopsis 11```bash 12npm deprecate <pkg>[@<version>] <message> 13``` 14 15### Description 16 17This command will update the npm registry entry for a package, providing 18a deprecation warning to all who attempt to install it. 19 20It works on [version ranges](https://semver.npmjs.com/) as well as specific 21versions, so you can do something like this: 22```bash 23npm deprecate my-thing@"< 0.2.3" "critical bug fixed in v0.2.3" 24``` 25 26Note that you must be the package owner to deprecate something. See the 27`owner` and `adduser` help topics. 28 29To un-deprecate a package, specify an empty string (`""`) for the `message` 30argument. Note that you must use double quotes with no space between them to 31format an empty string. 32 33### See Also 34 35* [npm publish](/cli-commands/npm-publish) 36* [npm registry](/using-npm/registry) 37