How to logout / switch accounts in Sourcetree

Question

After installing Sourcetree, you are prompted to log into your Atlassian account. However, once you are logged in, there is no logout option to log out or switch accounts. How do I do this?

Solution 1

After installing Sourcetree, you are prompted to log into your Atlassian account. However, once you are logged in, there is no logout option to log out or switch accounts.

To do this,

1. Close Sourcetree
2. Navigate to <username>\AppData\Local\Atlassian\SourceTree\
3. Delete accounts.json after making a backup.
4. Restart Sourcetree.

You should see the following dialog and then be prompted to login to your Atlassian account.

Note: I'm using Windows 10, but I assume it is the same for other systems.

Solution 2

You can flow flowing steps :

Step 1. Tools -> Options Options

Step 2. Authentication

Step 3. Edit Credentials

Solution 3

Not an answer but related.

You can work with two or more accounts in SourceTree, without switching which is kind of nice. You can check out from two different bitbucket accounts for example without having to logout etc. Note that certain GUI commands for example pushing may not work in that case, you have to use command line for that, but it will work.

There is another caveat when committing change in multiple account scenario, while source allows you to add multiple account, you can't just swatch them. You have to manually change your name/email when committing (if it is not correct), as shown in the image below (click on image icon to bring up that dialog). But you can work with multiple accounts under the same login which is kind of nice

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Solution 4

If you are using SourceTree on Mac then go to SourceTree -> Preference -> Network

You will get the list of username for URLS. You can update username there and next push/pull event that username will start getting reflect.

Solution 5

goto

C:\Users\(User)\AppData\Local\Atlassian\SourceTree

and

delete passwd file.

(optional can edit userhosts file for editing username)

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Comments

[Dizzley]

Better following @sandeep's answer below.

[Cardin]

@Dizzley False, you misunderstood the question. You absolutely need Nate's answer if you want to reset the Atlassian login. sandeep's is for changing the Git/Bitbucket credentials.

[Andrzej Martyna]

In my case accounts.json was here: <username>\AppData\Local\SourceTree-Settings\beta

[techloris_109]

time saver, after deleting the file restart Sourcetree app. Then do a fetch or some to sync with reop, it will then ask for credentials which we can save for future