How do I disable Git Credential Manager for Windows

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I notice that in the latest version of Git  the default is now to popup a  Git Credential Manager for Windows  dialog instead of prompting me for me password at the Bash prompt every time   I really hate this behaviour  How can I just disable it and go back to entering the password at the Bash shell every time   By the way  I don t want Git caching my credentials in any way  whether through Windows credentials or some internal daemon  I want to disable all credential caching

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In case you do not want to remove or uninstall the credentials manager  see https   serverfault com questions 544156 git-clone-fail-instead-of-prompting-for-credentials 1054253 answer-1054253 for the solution that worked for me  Explanations  etc  in that page  linked to prevent duplicate content in the same website family    TL DR  this now sits on top of my automated bash scripts    https   serverfault com questions 544156 git-clone-fail-instead-of-prompting-for-credentials export GIT TERMINAL PROMPT 0   next env var doesn t help    export GIT SSH COMMAND  ssh -oBatchMode yes    these should shut up git asking  but only partly  the X-windows-like dialog doesn t pop up no more  but     export GIT ASKPASS echo export SSH ASKPASS echo   We needed to find  THIS  to shut up the bloody git-for-windows credential manager     https   stackoverflow com questions 37182847 how-do-i-disable-git-credential-manager-for-windows answer-45513654 export GCM INTERACTIVE never   The final nail in the coffin of that credentials manager was the unique bit  GCM INTERACTIVE  in Martin Ba s answer above  How do I disable Git Credential Manager for Windows

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Another option I had to use with VSTS   git config credential modalprompt false --global

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If you notice the credential manager UI popping up when you use a JetBrains IDE  such as IntelliJ IDEA  PhpStorm  WebStorm  PyCharm  Rider  RubyMine  Android Studio  or Goland   do this   In your IDE  go to File   Settings   Version Control   Git   Disable Use credential helper    Don t forget to press Save

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I wanted to use the credential manager for normal use  but I have scripts where I obviously do not want any prompts whatsoever from git exe  This is how I invoke Git from my scripts   set GIT TERMINAL PROMPT 0 git -c core askpass  -c credential helper   lt command gt        This way  the script always sees the  correct  no-prompt setting without having to adapt any configuration    Git for Windows 2 13 3     A variation I found that might also come in handy is to set   set GCM INTERACTIVE never   Or  git config --global credential interactive never  set GIT TERMINAL PROMPT 0 git exe -c core askpass  -c credential helper manager  lt command gt        But note that git exe -c credential interactive never  lt command gt      does not work  it seems that the -c thing isn t routed through to Git Credential Manager for Windows or whatever    That way  you can use the GCMfW  but it will never prompt you  it will just lookup the credentials  which can be very helpful in non-interactive environs

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To prevent the dialog use git config --global credential modalPrompt false  that ll drive the queries to the console

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I was able to uninstall the Git Credential Manager for Windows using the uninstall option   git-credential-manager exe uninstall   Run this command in C  Program Files Git mingw64 libexec git-core

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pretty old topic but this is maybe a help for someone searching for the problem where the above tips does not solved it  I use git credential-manager remove -force

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It didn t work for me   C  Program Files Git mingw64 libexec git-core git-credential-manager exe uninstall  Looking for Git installation s       C  Program Files Git  Updated your  etc gitconfig  git config --system  Updated your    gitconfig  git config --global   Removing from  C  Program Files Git     removal failed  U U  Press any key to continue      But with the --force flag it worked   C  Program Files Git mingw64 libexec git-core git credential-manager uninstall --force 08 21 42 537616 exec cmd c 236          trace  resolved executable dir  C  Program Files Git mingw64 libexec git-core e 08 21 42 538616 git c 576               trace  exec  git-credential-manager uninstall --force 08 21 42 538616 run-command c 640       trace  run command  git-credential-manager uninstall --force  Looking for Git installation s       C  Program Files Git  Updated your  etc gitconfig  git config --system  Updated your    gitconfig  git config --global    Success  Git Credential Manager for Windows was removed       Press any key to continue      I could see that trace after I run   set git trace 1   Also I added the Git username   git config --global credential username myGitUsername   Then   C  Program Files Git mingw64 libexec git-core git config --global credential helper manager   In the end I put in this command   git config --global credential modalPrompt false   I check if the SSH agent is running - open a Bash window to run this command  eval    ssh-agent -s     Then in the computer users yourName folder where  ssh is  add a connection  still in Bash    ssh-add  ssh id rsa  or  ssh-add    ssh id rsa if you are not in that folder    I checked all the settings that I add above   C  Program Files Git mingw64 libexec git-core git config --list 09 41 28 915183 exec cmd c 236          trace  resolved executable dir  C  Program Files Git mingw64 libexec git-cor e 09 41 28 917182 git c 344               trace  built-in  git config --list 09 41 28 918181 run-command c 640       trace  run command  unset GIT PAGER IN USE  LESS FRX LV -c less core symlinks false core autocrlf true core fscache true color diff auto color status auto color branch auto color interactive true help format html rebase autosquash true http sslcainfo C  Program Files Git mingw64 ssl certs ca-bundle crt http sslbackend openssl diff astextplain textconv astextplain filter lfs clean git-lfs clean --  f filter lfs smudge git-lfs smudge --  f filter lfs process git-lfs filter-process filter lfs required true credential helper manager credential modalprompt false credential username myGitUsername   And when I did git push again I had to add username and password only for the first time   git push Please enter your GitHub credentials for https   myGithubUsername github com  username  myGithubUsername password                Counting objects  3  done  Delta compression using up to 4 threads  Compressing objects  100   3 3   done  Writing objects  100   3 3   316 bytes   316 00 KiB s  done  Total 3  delta 2   reused 0  delta 0  remote  Resolving deltas  100   2 2   completed with 2 local objects    Since then using git push  I don t have the message to enter my Git credentials any more   D  projects react-redux myProject  master - gt  origin   budget 1 0 0    git push Counting objects  3  done  Delta compression using up to 4 threads  Compressing objects  100   3 3   done  Writing objects  100   3 3   314 bytes   314 00 KiB s  done  Total 3  delta 2   reused 0  delta 0  remote  Resolving deltas  100   2 2   completed with 2 local objects  To https   github com myGitUsername myProject git    8d38b18  f442d74  master - gt  master   After these settings I received an email too with the message    A personal access token  git  https   myGitHubUsername github com  on LAP0110 at 25-Jun-2018 09 22  with gist and repo scopes was recently added to your account  Visit https   github com settings tokens for more information

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OK  I discovered that you need to either avoid checking the  Git Credential Manager  checkbox during the Git for Windows installer  or  after installation  run the Bash shell as Administrator and use git config --edit --system to remove the helper   manager line so that it is no longer registered as a credential helper   For bonus points  use git config --edit --global and insert    core      askpass     To disable the OpenSSH credentials popup too

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I struck the same issue on Ubuntu 18 10  Cosmic Cuttlefish   unable to remove using any normal means  I used git config --global --unset credential helper  and that seemed to do the trick

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Maybe the problem is Sourcetree    Go to Tools  rarr  Options Uncheck  Check default remotes for updates every  10  minutes  Restart Sourcetree

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Use   C  Program Files Git mingw64 libexec git-core                                                                        git credential-manager uninstall --force       This works on Windows systems  I tested it  and it worked for me

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I had had that problem  and I ve only removed the git-credential-manager exe file from   C  Program Files Git mingw64 libexec git-core

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and if  wq doesn t work like my case use ctrl z for abort and quit but these will probably make multiple backup file to work with later     Adeem Jan 19 at 9 14     Also be sure to run Git as Administrator  Otherwise the file won t be saved  in my case

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you can just delete the Credential Manager    C  Users  lt USER gt  AppData Local Programs Git mingw64 libexec git-core

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Under  user  folder c   user  look at   gitconfig  file then remove the http and proxy line

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