How to restore/reset npm configuration to default values?

Solution 1:

To reset user defaults

Run this in the command line (or git bash on windows):

echo "" > $(npm config get userconfig)
npm config edit

To reset global defaults

echo "" > $(npm config get globalconfig)
npm config --global edit

If you need sudo then run this instead:

sudo sh -c 'echo "" > $(npm config get globalconfig)'

Solution 2:

For what it's worth, you can reset to default the value of a config entry with npm config delete <key> (or npm config rm <key>, but the usage of npm config rm is not mentioned in npm help config).

Example:

# set registry value
npm config set registry "https://skimdb.npmjs.com/registry"
# revert change back to default
npm config delete registry

Solution 3:

If you run npm config edit, you'll get an editor showing the current configuration, and also a list of options and their default values.

But I don't think there's a 'reset' command.

Solution 4:

If it's about just one property - let's say you want to temporarily change some default, for instance disable CA checking: you can do it with

npm config set ca ""

To come back to the defaults for that setting, simply

npm config delete ca

To verify, use npm config get ca.