--- title: Removing a .env file from Git history | daily.dev description: You accidentally pushed a file with secrets or a password that shouldn't have gotten into the Git history. The best thing to do now is to remove the file right... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/removing-a-env-file-from-git-history-b1mumg7gd twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Removing a .env file from Git history | daily.dev og:description: You accidentally pushed a file with secrets or a password that shouldn't have gotten into the Git history. The best thing to do now is to remove the file right... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/removing-a-env-file-from-git-history-b1mumg7gd og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/B1muMG7Gd_.png og:image:alt: Removing a .env file from Git history og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Removing a .env file from Git history **[Hashnode](https://daily.dev/sources/hashnode)** · [@dailydevtips](https://daily.dev/dailydevtips) · 2 min read · 56 upvotes · 11 comments ## Summary You accidentally pushed a file with secrets or a password that shouldn't have gotten into the Git history. The best thing to do now is to remove the file right away and add it to your .gitignore file. If we look at our Git history, we can still find the file and expose the secrets. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@anishde12020** · 2 upvotes > This was a very useful and interesting article!!! Thanks a lot 😃 **@mheob** · 1 upvotes > Thanks! This can be very helpful. **@tracycss** · 1 upvotes > Thanks learned smth useful about removing files from Git history. **@tvdheijden** · 1 upvotes > This is very useful to know, thank you! **@crypt0** · 1 upvotes > Interesting! ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#git](https://daily.dev/tags/git) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/removing-a-env-file-from-git-history-b1mumg7gd) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Removing a .env file from Git history","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/removing-a-env-file-from-git-history-b1mumg7gd","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/removing-a-env-file-from-git-history-b1mumg7gd"},"datePublished":"2021-11-12T08:05:19.593Z","dateModified":"2021-11-12T08:05:19.593Z","description":"You accidentally pushed a file with secrets or a password that shouldn't have gotten into the Git history. 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