--- title: "Discussion on \"How to delete all commit history in GitHub?\" | Hashnode" description: "Discussion on \"How to delete all commit history in GitHub?\". If you ever pushed your credentials into GitHub and you had many commits after that incident then it would be a big problem removing the credentials from the history. So one of the options would be to delete the whole commit history. In this tutorial..." url: "https://hashnode.com/posts/how-to-delete-all-commit-history-in-github/611e612be404793819ca52f7" --- [Feed](https://hashnode.com/feed) / Discussion # [How to delete all commit history in GitHub?](https://blog.avneesh.tech/how-to-delete-all-commit-history-in-github?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) If you ever pushed your credentials into GitHub and you had many commits after that incident then it would be a big problem removing the credentials from the history. So one of the options would be to delete the whole commit history. In this tutorial... Aug 19, 2021 · 1 min read · blog.avneesh.tech Updated Sep 3, 2021 Read the article - [#github](https://hashnode.com/tag/github) - [#git](https://hashnode.com/tag/git) - [#command-line](https://hashnode.com/tag/command-line) - [#2articles1week](https://hashnode.com/tag/2articles1week) - [#hashnode](https://hashnode.com/tag/hashnode) ## Written by [Avneesh Agarwal](https://hashnode.com/@avneesh0612) @avneesh0612 [View profile](https://hashnode.com/@avneesh0612) Fullstack web3 developer 16 yo full stack web3 developer building cool shit and teaching others ## Responses 2 Markdown supported · ⌘↵ to post [Güven Göç](https://hashnode.com/@guv2000) [Apr 11, 2023](https://hashnode.com/posts/how-to-delete-all-commit-history-in-github/611e612be404793819ca52f7/comment/643575b4fefbae6a6f563398) Thank you for this useful article. [Nishanth Dipali](https://hashnode.com/@lorsten) [Aug 20, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/how-to-delete-all-commit-history-in-github/611e612be404793819ca52f7/comment/611f12daa5d08237f40dd94b) Appreciate your hard work and consistency keep going. We can use this if we have leaked our credentials by mistake [Avneesh Agarwal](https://hashnode.com/@avneesh0612) [Aug 20, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/how-to-delete-all-commit-history-in-github/611e612be404793819ca52f7/comment/611f12daa5d08237f40dd94b#reply-611f5759e404793819ca69a0) Thanks! Exactly, we all have pushed the credentials at least once 😂