Git How to remove remote origin from Git repo

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I just did git init to initialize my folder as git repo and then added a remote repository using git remote add origin url  Now I want to remove this git remote add origin and add a new repository git remote add origin new-url  How can I do it

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You can rename  changing URL of a remote repository  using    git remote set-url origin new URL   new URL can be like https   github com abcdefgh abcd git  Too permanently delete the remote repository use    git remote remove origin

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If you insist on deleting it   git remote remove origin   Or if you have Git version 1 7 10 or older  git remote rm origin   But kahowell s answer is better

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perhaps I am late  you can use git remote remove origin it will do the job

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To remove a remote         git remote remove origin   To add a remote       git remote add origin yourRemoteUrl   and finally   git push -u origin master

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I don t have enough reputation to comment answer of  user1615903  so add this as answer    git remote remove  does not exist  should use  rm  instead of  remove   So the correct way is   git remote rm origin

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Another method  Cancel local git repository  rm -rf  git   Then  Create git repostory again  git init   Then  Repeat the remote repo connect  git remote add origin REPO URL

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first will change push remote url  git remote set-url --push origin https   newurl   second will change fetch remote url  git remote set-url origin https   newurl

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you can try this out if you want to remove origin and then add it   git remote remove origin   then   git remote add origin http   your url here

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You can go to the  git folder  edit the config file without using the commands

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Instead of removing and re-adding  you can do this   git remote set-url origin git   new url here   See this question  How to change the URI  URL  for a remote Git repository   To remove remote use this   git remote remove origin

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To set a origins remote url-     git remote set-url origin git   new url here   here origin is your push url name  You may have multiple origin  If you have  multiple origin replace origin as that name   For deleting Origin     git remote rm origin originName    or    git remote remove origin originName   For adding new origin      git remote add origin originName git   new url here   RemoteUrl

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