On my laptop, I used Github Desktop to publish a local repo to a private github repo.

Later, I tried to clone my repo to another computer by

git clone https://github.com/user/repo.git

which required me to input my personal access token.

However, when I use my original laptop, git doesn’t ask for my crendentials. How does git (not Github Desktop) “know” my credentials?

Additional info/questions:

• I tried removing Github Desktop from my laptop; it still allows cloning without additional credentials
• I couldn’t figure out how to remove cached credentials from git credential helper
• Can I revoke the access given to Github Desktop itself?