Downgrade Node Version

Quickly downgrade or upgrade

n - Interactively Manage Your Node.js Versions

If you already have Node.js installed, an easy way to install n is using npm:

			
					npm install -g n

			
	

			
	
			

		
	

• The n command downloads and installs to /usr/local by default, but you may override this location by defining N_PREFIX.
• n caches Node.js versions in subdirectory n/versions.
• The active Node.js version is installed in subdirectories bin, include, lib, and share.

Then you can install any number of Node.js versions to switch between.Example

			
					n 10.16.0

			
	

			
	
			

		
	

for the latest version available

			
					n lts

			
	

			
	
			

		
	

By Entering the n directly

			
					n

			
	

			
	
			

		
	

Quiz 1

Downgrade Node

• You Can use the up/down arrow keys to choose a Node.js version and hit Enter again ,you just changed the Node.js version on your system.
• UnInstalling node and Installing chocolatey to handle your node installation. choco is a great CLI for provisioning a ton of popular software.

			
					choco install nodejs --version $VersionNumber

			
	

			
	
			

		
	

and if you already have it installed via chocolatey you can do,

			
					choco uninstall nodejs 
choco install nodejs --version $VersionNumber

			
	

			
	
			

		
	

For example,

			
					choco uninstall nodejs
choco install nodejs --version 12.9.1

			
	

			
	
			

		
	

How to downgrade Node Version

For windows:

Steps

• Go to Control panel> program and features>Node.js then uninstall.
• Go to website: https://nodejs.org/en/ and download the version and install.
• Uninstalling the node from the "Add or remove programs"
• Installing the required version.

Quiz 2

Downgrade Node Version mac

You can use n for node's version management.

n - Interactively Manage Your Node.js Versions

n is supported on macOS, Linux, including with Windows Subsystem for Linux, and various other unix-like systems.

• It is written as a BASH script but does not require you to use BASH as your command shell.

Installation

			
					npm install -g n

			
	

			
	
			

		
	

Method with brew

			
					brew search node

			
	

			
	
			

		
	

In Mac there is a fast method with brew

			
					brew search node

			
	

			
	
			

		
	

You see some version, for example: node@10 node@12 ... Then

			
					brew unlink node

			
	

			
	
			

		
	

And now select a before version for example node@12

			
					brew link --overwrite --force node@12

			
	

			
	
			

		
	

Ready, you have downgraded you node version.

Steps to downgrade to node8

			
					brew install node@8
brew link node@8 --force

			
	

			
	
			

		
	

If warning remove the folder and files as indicated in the warning then again the command

			
					brew link node@8 --force