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2 title: Renaming an organization
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4 - /renaming-an-org
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7 Organizations cannot be renamed from the website or command line interface.
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9 To rename an organization, as an organization owner, you must manually migrate your existing organization members, teams, and packages to a new organization, then [contact npm Support][contact-support] to have the outdated packages unpublished and the previous organization deleted.
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11 1. [Create a new organization][org-create] with the name you want. If your old organization is on a paid plan, you must choose a paid plan for the new organization.
12 2. [Add the members][add-org-members] of your old organization to your new organization.
13 3. In your new organization, [create teams][create-teams] to match teams in your old organization.
14 4. Republish packages to the new organization by updating the package scope in its `package.json` file to match the new organization name and running `npm publish`.
15 5. In the new organization teams, [configure package access][pkg-access] to match team package access in your old organization.
16 6. [Contact npm Support][contact-support] to have the outdated packages unpublished and the previous organization deleted.
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18 [contact-support]: https://www.npmjs.com/support
19 [org-create]: creating-an-organization
20 [add-org-members]: adding-members-to-your-organization
21 [create-teams]: creating-teams
22 [pkg-access]: managing-team-access-to-packages