---
title: "no-native-reassign"
description: "Disallow assignments to built-in and other read-only global variables"
# Generated by src/codegen/lint-rule-docs.ts. Do not edit below this line.
plugin: "eslint"
aliases: ["eslint/no-native-reassign"]
kind: "suggestion"
category: null
default: "off"
fixable: "no"
typeAware: false
deprecated: true
---

Nothing stops you from writing `Object = null`. Every piece of code that runs afterwards, including libraries, sees the new value and breaks far from the assignment. Most of the time it's a typo or a missing `const`.

The rule reports every write to a global that's marked as read-only, including writes with `+=`, `++` or destructuring. Your own variable with the same name is fine.

ESLint has deprecated this rule. `no-global-assign` is its current name and does the same thing.

## Examples

Reported:

{/* bad */}
```js
Promise = require("bluebird");
```

{/* bad {"count": 2} */}
```js
[Map, Set] = polyfills;
```

Not reported:

{/* good */}
```js
const Promise = require("bluebird");
```

## Options

| Option | Default | What it does |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `exceptions` | `[]` | Names of globals that can be assigned to. |

{/* good {"options": [{"exceptions": ["Promise"]}]} */}
```js
Promise = require("bluebird");
```