Change GIT account of Visual Studio Team Explorer

Question

I am having a very weird situation when cloning a Git repository from our company private server. The repository is not anonymous (it requires authentication), but when clon

Answer 1

In my case just removing credentials from Windows Credential didn't fix it. I first removed all git and azure related accounts from Windows Credential, then removed accounts from VS>Files>Account Settings, and then VS asked me new credentials and connected to the project. But my commits were still made with the old account! Finally I found out that it was the git config:

C:\Users\[USER NAME]\.gitconfig

I deleted the whole user section in that file which looks like this:

[user]
    name = [OLD ACCOUNT NAME]
    email = [OLD ACCOUNT EMAIL]

On next commit VS asked me git account information and done.

If you want to work with different accounts for different projects on same machine, read this.

Answer 2

I am using VS 2017 and this is how I updated my Password for TFS, using Git repository.

1. From the Menu: Team -> manage Connection
2. Click on Manage Connection Link -> Connect to Project

It will then open window to connect to your project, here you can update your password.

Answer 3

Look in the Windows Credential manager and remove/update your credentials there: