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title: npm-adduser
section: 1
description: Add a registry user account
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### Synopsis
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Note: This command is unaware of workspaces.
### Description
Create a new user in the specified registry, and save the credentials to
the `.npmrc` file. If no registry is specified, the default registry
will be used (see [`registry`](/using-npm/registry)).
When using `legacy` for your `auth-type`, the username, password, and
email are read in from prompts.
### Configuration
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### See Also
* [npm registry](/using-npm/registry)
* [npm config](/commands/npm-config)
* [npmrc](/configuring-npm/npmrc)
* [npm owner](/commands/npm-owner)
* [npm whoami](/commands/npm-whoami)
* [npm token](/commands/npm-token)
* [npm profile](/commands/npm-profile)
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