GIT entered wrong password, can't clone anymore

Question

I just wanted to make a clone of a private repositoy from Github, and the prompt showed up and asked for my login details. I made a typo, but I don't get a second try. If I try to clone again I get the following message:

Cloning into 'name'...
remote: Invalid username or password.
fatal: Authentication failed for 'https://github.com/owner/name.git/'

I want to set a default password and username for my git, because I will only use 1 Github account. How do I get to set my username and password?

I found many things online, but none that were a clear command to set your credentials.

Thanks in advance

on which OS? Linux, Windows, MacOS? The login/password is often stored in credential manager of the OS... — Philippe, Nov 08 '18 at 17:33
https://stackoverflow.com/search?q=%5Bgit%5D+clear+credentials — phd, Nov 08 '18 at 18:59
Windows10. I have no clue where to look for saved credentials.. — BramCoding, Nov 09 '18 at 06:04
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15381198/remove-credentials-from-git — Rumid, Nov 27 '18 at 10:10
Possible duplicate of [Remove credentials from Git](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15381198/remove-credentials-from-git) — Rumid, Nov 27 '18 at 10:11

score 7 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 04 '20 at 07:52

Try below solution which works for me:

Go to Windows Credential Manager. This is done in a EN-US Windows by pressing the Windows Key and typing 'credential'. In other localized Windows variants you need to use the localized term (See comments for some examples).

alternatively you can use the shortcut control /name Microsoft.CredentialManager in the run dialog (WIN+R)

Edit the git entry under Windows Credentials, replacing old password with the new one.

GIT entered wrong password, can't clone anymore

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