How to remove a remote from git

To remove a remote you can use the command git remote rm in the terminal, from the root folder of your repository.

The git remote rm command has one parameters:

• the existing remote name;

Git remove remote

The example will remove the gitlab remote. Note that the command will not delete the repository, just the local reference.

C:\Users\adm\repos\jersey-hello-world>git remote rm gitlab

To check that the remote was removed run the following command:

C:\Users\adm\repos\jersey-hello-world>git remote -v
github  https://github.com/admfactory/jersey-hello-world.git (fetch)
github  https://github.com/admfactory/jersey-hello-world.git (push)

The remote you just removed should not be in the list anymore.

Errors

If the remote name doesn't exist the following error will occur:

error: Could not remove config section 'remote.gitlab'

References

• Git Home Page