I'm trying to install react to create a project in vs code. When I try doing this using npx create-react-app frontend I get:

Need to install the following packages:
  create-react-app
Ok to proceed? (y)

Which then gives me an error saying that:

You are running `create-react-app` 4.0.3, which is behind the latest release (5.0.1).

We no longer support global installation of Create React App.

Please remove any global installs with one of the following commands:
- npm uninstall -g create-react-app
- yarn global remove create-react-app

The latest instructions for creating a new app can be found here:
https://create-react-app.dev/docs/getting-started/

I entered npm uninstall -g create-react-app and followed the latest instructions , but the the latest instructions say to use npx create-react-app, and when I try it again I keep getting the exact same issue. Does anyone know why this is happening or how to fix this?

CodePudding user response：

You need to uninstall the global installation first which you did but in my case I had to clear the cache too.

try this:

npx clear-npx-cache