How to untrack a file in Git

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Hi Guys,

I installed git in my windows system. I added of one file in staging area by mistake. How can I untrack that file?

May 4, 2020 in Git & GitHub by akhtar
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Hi@akhtar,

You can untrack your file from git by using the below given command.

$ git rm -r --cached <file>

Hope this will help.

answered May 4, 2020 by MD
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