How to delete a git configuration?

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Basically, I entered:

git config --global use.name "My name"

Notice I wrote "use.name" instead of "user.name." But now that field is there, so I was wondering how to delete it.

user.name is indeed there, but I was hoping to remove use.name. Or am I misunderstanding? Thanks. — bin1six, Feb 04 '16 at 05:44
Possible duplicate of [How can I remove an entry in global configuration with git config?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11868447/how-can-i-remove-an-entry-in-global-configuration-with-git-config) — Andrew C, Feb 04 '16 at 06:02

score 22 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 04 '16 at 05:43

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You can remove it by using the --unset option of git config:

git config --global --unset use.name

See the documentation for more details.

answered Feb 04 '16 at 05:43

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score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 18 '21 at 06:18

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git config --global --unset use.name

or you can edit config by --edit

git config --global --edit

answered Aug 18 '21 at 06:18

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 04 '16 at 05:43

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Remove the section by

git config --global --remove-section use

and then

git config --global user.name "Your Name"

answered Feb 04 '16 at 05:43

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Anurag Peshne · Answer 4 · 2016-02-04T05:42:33.667

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The config is stored in home directory. Try editing ~/.gitconfig

You will see something like:

[use]
        name = My name

You can change it to

[user]
        name = My name

Or you can execute the same command with correction.

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answered Feb 04 '16 at 05:37

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Thanks, assuming you mean for me to open gitconfig in text edit, I don't see my "[use]" category there. Only "[user]." Perhaps there is a command I can use to get rid of [use]? – bin1six Feb 04 '16 at 05:41
@bin1six: as mentioned by other users, you can unset it – Anurag Peshne Feb 04 '16 at 05:44

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Apr 19 '22 at 01:32

I had multiple git accounts on my machine and only thing that worked was

git config --local --unset credential.helper
git config --global --unset credential.helper
git config --system --unset credential.helper

git config --local --unset user.name
git config --global --unset user.name
git config --system --unset user.name

git config --local --unset user.email
git config --global --unset user.email
git config --system --unset user.email

How to delete a git configuration?

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