On Windows, it seems by default git uses Git Credential Manager for Windows. The first time you try to push something to GitHub, when accessing the repository through HTTPS, you’ll be asked for your username and password. The next time you push anything to GitHub (whether that same repository or a different one), the previously entered credentials will be used automatically.
This is great if you always use the same GitHub account, but can be confusing and impractical when you need to push to different accounts.
Those credentials are stored in the Credential Manager. You can do a search or open the Control Panel. Make sure you’re looking at the Windows Credentials, not Web Credentials. Under Generic Credentials you should see git:https://github.com. Remove the entry and the next time you push something to GitHub, you’ll be asked again for your username and password.
If you need to often switch, you can decide to not use the Git Credential Manager for Windows.
First, delete your credentials in Credential Manager as described above.
You then have 3 choices:
- type your username and password each and every time you push:
Just run
git config --global --unset credential.helperto go back to the default credential helper, which is nothing. - cache your credentials for x seconds:
Run
git config --global credential.helper cache --timeout=3600. Thetimeoutparameter specifies the amount of seconds the credentials will stay cached