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
NPM stands for:
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.
Are Node.js and NPM the same?
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