Change GIT login/username in IntelliJ IDEA, WebStorm, RubyMine etc

Question

Authentication login/username for my GIT account changed. How do I tell this to my IntelliJ product?

Solution

GIT record login-name in remote repository URL. You can change that in IntelliJ product in couple of ways.

Quick way 2021

• Double-click SHIFT (i.e. SHIFT SHIFT)
• Search-everywhere opens up
• Start typing Manage Remotes...
• Proceed as described below in quick way

Quick way

• Type CTRL + SHIFT + A to open Enter action or option name dialog
• Type Remotes... to filter the list as in image
• Select Remotes... for Git (first selection on image) and following dialog is openede
• In Git Remotes dialog, use pencil icon to open Define Remote dialog
• Press OK to confirm
• Re-enter your password and optionally have IntelliJ store it.

Point and Click way

• Select VCS menu
• Hover on Git menu item
• Select from sub-menu Remotes...
• Continue as described above

Terminal way

• Open Terminal in your IntelliJ tool ALT + F12
• Enter command git ls-remotes --get-url to see your current remotes
• Enter command with modified username git remotes set-url https://[email protected]/path/to/project.git