Update Salesforce CLI

Determine How You Installed Salesforce CLI

Because the method to update or uninstall Salesforce CLI differs depending on whether you used the installers or npm, you must know how you installed before you can update or uninstall. In case you forgot, here are some tips.

• Run sf update in a terminal (macOS and Linux) or command prompt (Windows). If Salesforce CLI successfully updates, then you installed with the installers. If the command returns this or similar warning, then you installed with npm:
  1sf update
  2 ›   Warning: Use "npm update --global @salesforce/cli" to update npm-based installations.
  3@salesforce/cli: Updating CLI... not updatable

  If you get an error similar to this one, then you’re probably still using sf (v1), which was bundled with sfdx (v7):

  1Running "sf update" has no effect because you're using a version of sf that was installed by sfdx.

  Both sf (v1) and sfdx (v7) are deprecated, so see Move from sfdx (v7) to sf (v2) for information on how to move to the latest supported version of Salesforce CLI, which is sf (v2).

• Run npm list -g --depth 0. If you got valid output, and the displayed list includes the entry @salesforce/cli@<version>, then you installed Salesforce CLI with npm.

If You Installed Salesforce CLI Using the Installer

1sf update

By default, the CLI periodically checks for and installs updates. To disable auto-update, set the SF_AUTOUPDATE_DISABLE environment variable to true.

When you update Salesforce CLI, we automatically display the release notes for the version you're updating to so you can learn about the new, changed, and fixed features. To silence the display, set the SF_HIDE_RELEASE_NOTES and SF_HIDE_RELEASE_NOTES_FOOTER environment variables to true.

If You Installed Salesforce CLI Using npm

1npm install --global @salesforce/cli