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How to Generate Personal Access Token in GitHub?

Last Updated : 07 Sep, 2022
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Personal access tokens (PATs) are an alternative to using passwords for authentication to GitHub when using the GitHub API or the command line. You can create a personal access token to use in place of a password when you are working with GitHub Operations. To generate the personal access token follow the following steps.

Step by Step Implementation

Step 1: Click on the profile image of your GitHub account

Step 1: Click on the profile image of your GitHub account
 

Step 2: Click on Settings

Step 2: Click on Settings
 

Step 3: Click on <> Developer Settings

 

Step 4: Click on Personal access tokens

Step 4: Click on Personal access tokens
 

Step 5: Click on Generate new token

Step 5: Click on Generate new token
 

Step 6: Add Note and Expiration for your token

Step 6: Add Note and Expiration for your token
 

Step 7: Select all of the scopes

Step 7: Select all of the scopes
 

Step 8: Your Personal access token is created successfully

Step 8: Your Personal access token is created successfully
 

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