Create GitHub Access Token

Last Updated: March 23, 2021

In this tutorial, we will show you how to create GitHub Access Token. that is alternative to using a password to access your account on GitHub.

Pre-Requisite:

  1. Sign up to create GitHub account.

Steps

  1. Sign in GitHub, then in the top right, click on your profile, then choose settings, as in the following screen:

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  1. Click on Developer Settings from the list displayed on the left, as in the following screen:

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  1. From the list displayed on the left, Click on Personal Access Token

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  1. Click on Generate new token

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  1. Confirm access, by filling your password and then press Confirm password as in the following screen:

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  1. In New personal Access Token screen, fill in Note field then select scopes of the token, scroll down and press on Generate token and your token is now generated.

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  1. Finally, your Personal Access Token is now generated.

Make sure to copy the generated Access token as you will not see it again.