How to Get Personal Access Token Github

Quick summary

A GitHub personal access token is required to authenticate API requests and third-party integrations securely. This guide walks you through every step to generate and copy your token directly from GitHub Settings.

Steps

1. Click on your profile icon in the top right corner.
2. From the drop-down menu, select Settings.
3. Scroll down the left sidebar and click on Developer settings.
4. Click on Personal access tokens.
5. Select Tokens.
6. Click on Generate new token.
7. Select either Generate new token (classic) or Generate new token (fine-grained) based on your needs.
8. Give your token a note to remember what it's for.
9. Scroll down and click Generate token.
10. Click the copy icon to copy the token immediately after it is created, as it will only be shown once.