How do I downgrade react-scripts 5.0.1 to 4.0.3

Question

One of the solutions is to downgrade react-scripts to 4.0.3 and I'm not sure how to do that. Could someone help me?

If the solution is to downgrade react-scripts from 5.x to 4.x, that's almost certainly not the actual solution. Which version of node are you using? Because Node 16 (the current LTS) should work fine, whereas Node 18 (the current active) does not. And if you don't want to constantly reinstall Node, use [nvm](https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm#installing-and-updating) or [nvm-windows](https://github.com/coreybutler/nvm-windows#installation--upgrades) (depending on your OS) to make using different Node versions without constantly reinstalling a trivial task. — Mike 'Pomax' Kamermans, Jul 08 '22 at 15:07

score 9 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 30 '23 at 15:04

Could always delete your node_modules directory and change the version in your package.json under dependencies:

"dependencies": {
  "react-scripts" :"5.0.1",
}

then run an install. It's better to do a terminal approach when looking to change versions of a package, like:

NPM

uninstall:

npm uninstall react-scripts

install:

npm install --save react-scripts@4.0.3

since Yarn is the preferred for Create React App per memory:

uninstall:

yarn remove react-scripts

install:

yarn add react-scripts@4.0.3

Botond Balogh · Answer 2 · 2022-07-08T15:12:26.813

2

You have at least 2 options.

First, in your project folder you run the following command:

npm i react-scripts@4.0.3

Second, you open your package.json file in your project and change the version number of react-scripts to 4.0.3

"dependencies": {
   "react-scripts" :"4.0.3",
   ...
}

and run npm i.

This will upgrade or downgrade everything to the version that are stated in your package.json file.

edited Jul 08 '22 at 15:12

answered Jul 08 '22 at 15:08

Botond Balogh

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Or using the current LTS versions of Node (14 or 16) rather than the current active dev version. – Mike 'Pomax' Kamermans Jul 08 '22 at 15:10
Instead of manually updating the package.json, why not run `npm i -S react-scripts@4.0.3` which should update your package.json dependencies? – Azeez Olaniran Aug 30 '22 at 10:35