# NVM set default version

In a previous article, we learned about [NVM, a great way of managing multiple node versions on your machine](https://daily-dev-tips.com/posts/managing-multiple-node-versions-with-nvm/).

However, you might have most projects running on a specific version of Node.
In that case, setting your default NVM version to this Node version might make sense.

## Setting a default NVM version

To set the default NVM version, you first have to make sure that version is installed in NVM.

As a reminder, you can install a version like this:

```bash
nvm install 16
```

We can then run the following command to set this as our default version.

```bash
nvm alias default 16
```

Remember, this is one specific query on a version type you can install.
Some valid alternatives are:

```bash
nvm alias default 16

nvm alias default lts

nvm alias default 12.14.3
```

You can check which versions you have installed by running the following command.

```bash
nvm ls
```

This will return a list of all the versions you have installed already.

## Returning to the system version

Perhaps at one stage, you might want to change to whatever your system uses.

We can run the following command to do that:

```bash
nvm alias default system
```

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