Re: Why git on windows pops up Git Credential Manager inspite of having set a credential helper in .gitconfig

Aditya Garg
2025-07-01T17:02:08Z

> If you can't or don't want to reinstall Git for Windows to reconfigure
> it, you could try setting the `credential.helper` option to an empty
> string and then configuring the helper you want. For instance, it might
> look like this (not valid for Windows, just an example):
>
> [credential]
> helper =
> helper = libsecret
>

That's exactly what I did, and it fixed my issue. Thanks!

> The empty string resets the list to remove any existing helpers and then
> you can append whatever values you want (in my case, libsecret, but
> again, that almost certainly does not work on Windows).