# How to remove a Git remote

> Learn how to remove a Git remote with git remote rm origin, after listing your remotes with git remote -v, so you can connect the repo to a new origin.

Author: Flavio Copes | Published: 2021-01-16 | Canonical: https://flaviocopes.com/git-remove-remote/

I had this need. I wanted to create an exact copy of an existing website, and put it in a subdomain, as an archive.

Now this site is under version control, and I wanted to retain the [Git](https://flaviocopes.com/git/) history but also deploy it to a new GitHub repo, so I could deploy it separately, now both sites could go on their own destiny.

The website is a Hugo site, so I just copied the website folder into a separate folder, and that was it, locally.

So I went into the copied site folder in the terminal, and I ran

```
git remote -v
```

this listed the existing [GitHub](https://flaviocopes.com/github/) repository as the "origin" remote.

I ran:

```
git remote rm origin
```

This removed the origin remote, so running `git remote -v` didn't return anything any more.

Now since I use GitHub Desktop I just dragged the folder in that app, and I was able to create a new, different GitHub repository from there.