How to solve this error npm ERR! code EEXIST

Error upon running npm install on new project

npm ERR! code EEXIST
npm ERR! syscall mkdir
npm ERR! path /Users/user/.npm/_cacache/content-v2/sha512/75/e4
npm ERR! errno EEXIST
npm ERR! Invalid response body while trying to fetch https://registry.npmjs.org/picocolors: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/Users/user/.npm/_cacache/content-v2/sha512/75/e4'
npm ERR! File exists: /Users/user/.npm/_cacache/content-v2/sha512/75/e4
npm ERR! Remove the existing file and try again, or run npm
npm ERR! with --force to overwrite files recklessly.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in: /Users/user/.npm/_logs/2024-09-19T02_55_54_529Z-debug-0.log