How do I disable Git Credential Manager for Windows?

Question

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 p

Answer 1

you can just delete the Credential Manager.

C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Programs\Git\mingw64\libexec\git-core

Answer 2

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.

Answer 3

Maybe the problem is Sourcetree.

1. Go to Tools → Options

2. Uncheck "Check default remotes for updates every [10] minutes"

3. Restart Sourcetree!

Answer 4

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.

Answer 5

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 -> origin) (budget@1.0.0)
λ 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 -> 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.

Answer 6

Another option I had to use with VSTS:

git config credential.modalprompt false --global