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2 title: Transferring a package from a user account to another user account
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5 As a package owner or maintainer, you can transfer ownership of a package you no longer wish to maintain to another trusted npm user using either the npm website or the command line.
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7 For more information on how npm support handles package name disputes between users, you can refer to npm's [package name dispute policy][dispute-policy].
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9 <Note>
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11 **Note:** You cannot transfer a scoped package to another user account or organization, because a package's scope _is_ the user account or organization name. You will need to create a new package in the new scope.
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13 </Note>
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15 ## Transferring a package from a user account to another user account on the website
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17 To transfer a package you own or maintain to another user, follow these steps:
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19 1. Navigate to the package page for the package you want to transfer, replacing `<your-package-name>` with the name of your package: `https://www.npmjs.com/package/<your-package-name>`.
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21 2. On the package Admin tab, under "Maintainers", enter the npm username of the new maintainer.
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23 <Screenshot src="/packages-and-modules/updating-and-managing-your-published-packages/package-maintainer-invite.png" alt="Screenshot showing text field to invite maintainers" />
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25 3. Click "Invite."
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27 4. To remove yourself as a maintainer, under the maintainers list, click the "x" next to your username.
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29 <Screenshot src="/packages-and-modules/updating-and-managing-your-published-packages/package-maintainer-list.png" alt="Screenshot showing maintainer list" />
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31 ## Transferring a package from a user account to another user account on the command line
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33 To transfer a package to another npm user using the CLI, run the [`npm owner add`][npm-owner] command replacing `<their-username>` with the other user's npm username. An email invitation is sent to the other user. After the user has accepted the invitation, run the `npm owner rm` command replacing `<your-username>` with your npm username:
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35 ```
36 npm owner add <their-username> <package-name>
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38 # new maintainer accepts invitation
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40 npm owner rm <your-username> <package-name>
41 ```
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43 If you have two-factor authentication enabled for writes, add a one-time password to the command, `--otp=123456` (where _123456_ is the code from your authenticator application).
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45 ```
46 npm owner add <their-username> <package-name> --otp=123456
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48 # new maintainer accepts invitation
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50 npm owner rm <your-username> <package-name> --otp=123456
51 ```
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53 [dispute-policy]: /policies/disputes
54 [npm-owner]: cli/owner