git remove remote file code example

Example 1: git remove remote

$ git remote -v
# View current remotes
> origin  https://github.com/OWNER/REPOSITORY.git (fetch)
> origin  https://github.com/OWNER/REPOSITORY.git (push)
> destination  https://github.com/FORKER/REPOSITORY.git (fetch)
> destination  https://github.com/FORKER/REPOSITORY.git (push)

$ git remote rm destination
# Remove remote
$ git remote -v
# Verify it's gone
> origin  https://github.com/OWNER/REPOSITORY.git (fetch)
> origin  https://github.com/OWNER/REPOSITORY.git (push)

Example 2: remove git remote

git remote remove origin

Example 3: remove remote git

# The example will remove the github remote. 
# Note that the command will not delete the repository, 
# just the local reference.
git remote rm origin

Example 4: git remove remote

git remote remove origin

Example 5: git remove remote file keep local

# for single file
git rm --cached myfile

# for directory file
git rm --cached --r myfile