How to remove file from Git history?

Question

Some time ago I added info(files) that must be private. Removing from the project is not problem, but I also need to remove it from git history.

I use Gi

Answer 1

I have found this answer and it helped:

git filter-branch --index-filter "git rm -rf --cached --ignore-unmatch path_to_file" HEAD

Found it here https://myopswork.com/how-remove-files-completely-from-git-repository-history-47ed3e0c4c35