Updating credentials from the OSX Keychain

For enhanced security, we recommend using a personal access token (PAT) instead of a password. Treat your PAT just like a password and enter your PAT when prompted for a password. For more information, see "Creating a personal access token."

Updating your credentials via Keychain Access

1. In Finder, search for the Keychain Access app.
   
2. In Keychain Access, search for github.com.
3. Find the "internet password" entry for github.com.
   
4. Edit or delete the entry accordingly.

Deleting your credentials via the command line

Through the command line, you can use the credential helper directly to erase the keychain entry.

To do this, type the following command:

$ git credential-osxkeychain erase
host=github.com
protocol=https
> [Press Return]

If it's successful, nothing will print out. To test that it works, try and clone a repository from GitHub. If you are prompted for a password, the keychain entry was deleted.

Further reading

• "Caching your GitHub credentials in Git"