Git: How to remove proxy

Question

I am trying to push to my repo but receiving an error:

fatal: unable to access 'https://github.com/myrepo.git/': Could not resolve proxy: --list

I already changed the proxy settings :

git config --global --unset http.proxy

my global config settings are:

push.default=simple
http.sslverify=false
url.https://.insteadof=git://
credential.helper=cache --timeout=3600

But still getting this error? How can I solve this?

what does `git config --list | grep proxy` tell you about your proxy settings? — eckes, Aug 28 '15 at 10:55
Possible duplicate of [Reset git proxy to default configuration](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11265463/reset-git-proxy-to-default-configuration). — jww, Jun 24 '17 at 20:16
git config --global --unset https.proxy For https configuration — Dinith, Oct 27 '19 at 14:03

PiTheNumber · Accepted Answer · 2023-07-13T19:56:11.637

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Check your enviroment:

echo $http_proxy
echo $https_proxy
echo $HTTPS_PROXY
echo $HTTP_PROXY

and delete with export http_proxy=

Check your git config files for a proxy:

git config -l --show-origin | grep "proxy"

You can unset a global proxy <user_directory>/.gitconfig:

git config --global --unset https.proxy
git config --global --unset http.proxy

Or a proxy from the local config .git/config:

git config --unset http.proxy
git config --unset https.proxy

It is also possible that the proxy is from a system config file.

edited Jul 13 '23 at 19:56

answered Aug 28 '15 at 10:38

PiTheNumber

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Thank you for this solution! I got the error `Unsupported proxy syntax in :` when I tried to clone a repository and could solve the problem by deleting the proxy setting: `export http_proxy=`, `export https_proxy=`, `export HTTPS_PROXY=`, and `export HTTP_PROXY=`. After deleting the settings I could clone the repository without problems. – Gilfoyle Jul 13 '20 at 07:53
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Please consider adding `git config -l --show-origin` as suggested by @phani-rithvij @vonc and jiang-flori. This eliminates guesswork and enables you to see where the proxy config is coming from. – everdream Jul 12 '23 at 11:45
Well done. This is working like a charm. – Niz.Dam Jul 30 '23 at 10:32

score 14 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 04 '17 at 22:53

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Did you already check your proxys here?

git config --global --list

or

git config --local --list

answered Mar 04 '17 at 22:53

Yorsh

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score 6 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 17 '19 at 06:13

You config proxy settings for some network and now you connect another network. Now have to remove the proxy settings. For that use these commands:

git config --global --unset https.proxy
git config --global --unset http.proxy

Now you can push too. (If did not remove proxy configuration still you can use git commands like add , commit and etc)

score 5 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 08 '19 at 11:27

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You can list all the global settings using

git config --global --list

My proxy settings were set as

...
remote.origin.proxy=
remote.origin.proxy=address:port
...

The command git config --global --unset remote.origin.proxy did not work.

So I found the global .gitconfig file it was in, using this

git config --list --show-origin

And manually removed the proxy fields.

answered Dec 08 '19 at 11:27

Phani Rithvij

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Your answer is very useful and `git config --global --unset remote.origin.proxy` worked for me. – Pulsara Sandeepa Apr 27 '21 at 17:18

Mouli · Answer 5 · 2019-08-17T10:47:11.037

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This is in the case if first answer does not work The latest version of git does not require to set proxy it directly uses system proxy settings .so just do these

unset HTTP_PROXY
unset HTTPS_PROXY

in some systems you may also have to do

unset http_proxy
unset https_proxy

if you want to permanantly remove proxy then

sudo gsettings set org.gnome.system.proxy mode 'none'

edited Aug 17 '19 at 10:47

answered Jul 28 '19 at 18:28

Mouli

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is it global or local ? – Dinith Oct 30 '19 at 17:51
Thanks, git config --unset https.proxy didn't work for me, unset https_proxy removed the proxy and I was able to connect to git. – Kadir Ardıç Dec 24 '19 at 11:26
It is global, but not permanent.It removes proxy for the current terminal session – Mouli Jun 06 '20 at 14:23

score 2 · Answer 6 · edited Jul 12 '22 at 10:09

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Use

git config -l --show-origin

We can find the file location, and delete:

[remote "origin"]
        proxy =
        proxy = 127.0.0.1:(proxy http port number)

edited Jul 12 '22 at 10:09

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answered Jul 11 '22 at 09:49

jiang Flori

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score 2 · Answer 7 · answered Oct 09 '22 at 22:44

Previous answers have mentioned the proxy settings in git itself. However, if you ever set an SSH proxy for your remote repository in your ssh settings in files like ~/.ssh/config etc., git uses the config to perform ssh connections.

For me, I configured an SSH proxy for all my GitHub repos:

# proxy github
Host github.com
  User git
  ProxyCommand nc -x $PROXY %h %p

Remove the settings solved my problem.

score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Aug 28 '15 at 10:35

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Check if you have environment variable that could still define a proxy (picked up by curl, even if the git config does not include any proxy setting anymore):

HTTP_PROXY
HTTPS_PROXY

answered Aug 28 '15 at 10:35

VonC

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I had these `HTTP_PROXY`, `HTTPS_PROXY` on the environment variable in Windows 7 and removed those, but the problem still exist and git shows:`Failed to connect to 127.0.0.1 port 8580: Connection refused` error. – Dr.jacky Apr 12 '18 at 16:40
@Mr.Hyde it looks like you still have a proxy defined somewhere: do you see in in `git config -l`? – VonC Apr 12 '18 at 20:33
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It didn't show anything. But I've solved my problem with setting `[http] proxy=` and `[https] proxy=` in `C:\Users\Username\.gitconfig` and `C:\ProgramData\Git\config`. – Dr.jacky Apr 13 '18 at 07:55
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@Mr.Hyde Yes, these days, a `git config -l --show-origin` can help track those settings. – VonC Apr 13 '18 at 08:10
after deleting Windows environment variables you should relog to ensure they really disappear from all open instances of Explorer. – Juergen Sep 10 '18 at 08:39

score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Jun 07 '20 at 13:17

Some times, local config command won't show the proxy but it wont allow git push due to proxy. Run the following commands within the directory and see.

#git config --local --list

But the following commands displays the proxy set to local repository:

#git config http.proxy
#git config https.proxy

If the above command displays any proxy then clear it by running the following commands:

#git config https.proxy ""
#git config https.proxy ""

Amit · Answer 10 · 2020-09-22T10:30:27.973

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git config --global --unset http.proxy
git config --unset http.proxy
http_proxy=""

edited Sep 22 '20 at 10:30

answered Jul 30 '20 at 14:51

Amit

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score 0 · Answer 11 · answered Nov 05 '20 at 16:20

If you already unset the proxy from global and local level and still see the proxy details while you do

         git config -l

then unset the variable from system level, generally the configuration stored at below location

 C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64/etc/gitconfig

Trương Quang Chứ · Answer 12 · 2021-11-16T08:11:56.090

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if you used remote.origin.proxy( check it by using git config --global -l ) ,then use git config --global --unset-all remote.origin.proxy .

edited Nov 16 '21 at 08:11

answered Nov 13 '21 at 08:43

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score 0 · Answer 13 · answered Aug 18 '22 at 17:13

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For me it was just the IPV6 causing this error ! after uncheking the IPV6 option on the network adapter (and just using IPV4), the error disappeared !

answered Aug 18 '22 at 17:13

Georges Damien

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