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Since each version is installed into its own directory, multiple Node.js versions can coexist side by side under `~/.vaadin/`.


[role="since:com.vaadin:vaadin@V25.3"]
=== Removing Unused Installations

Every Node.js version a project has needed stays under `~/.vaadin/`, which adds up over the years. Vaadin cleans up after itself: each installation records when it was last taken into use, and the ones unused for six months are removed the next time a new version is installed. Downloaded archives are removed as well, including the ones earlier Vaadin versions left behind next to the unpacked installation.

The cleanup stays on the safe side:

- Only directories and archives named like an automatically installed Node.js are touched. Anything else under `~/.vaadin/` is left alone.
- The installation in use is never removed, and neither is the last remaining one, so the folder always keeps at least one version.
- An installation whose last use isn't known yet is kept, and its six months start from the moment Vaadin first sees it.


=== Resolution Order

Vaadin resolves which Node.js installation to use in the following order:
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