How can I change the user on Git Bash?

Question

I want to sign out an actual user so I can sign in with another user.

What I see in Git bash is:

MINGW64 ~/Documents/NetBeansProjects/ConstructorJava (master)
git push -u origin/master
remote: Permission to Fre1234/ConstructorJava.git denied to Fre123.  
Fatal: unable to access https://github.com/Fre1234/ConstructorJava.git/": The requested URL returned error: 403

Answer 1

Check what git remote -v returns: the account used to push to an http url is usually embedded into the remote url itself.

https://Fre123@github.com/...

If that is the case, put an url which will force Git to ask for the account to use when pushing:

git remote set-url origin https://github.com/<user>/<repo>

Or one to use the Fre1234 account:

git remote set-url origin https://Fre1234@github.com/<user>/<repo>

Also check if you installed your Git For Windows with or without a credential helper as in this question.

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The OP Fre1234 adds in the comments:

I finally found the solution.
Go to: Control Panel -> User Accounts -> Manage your credentials -> Windows Credentials

Under Generic Credentials there are some credentials related to Github,
Click on them and click "Remove".

That is because the default installation for Git for Windows set a Git-Credential-Manager-for-Windows.
See git config --global credential.helper output (it should be manager)

Answer 2

For Mac Users

I am using Mac and I was facing same problem while I was trying to push a project from Android Studio. The reason for that other user had previously logged into Github and his credentials were saved in Keychain Access.

You need to remove those credentials from Keychain Access and then try to push.

Hope it help to Mac users.

Answer 3

For Mac Users

I am using Mac and I was facing the same problem while I was trying to push a project from Android Studio. The reason for that is another user had previously logged into GitHub and his credentials were saved in Keychain Access.

The solution is to delete all the information store in keychain for that process