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From your GitHub home page, click on your profile icon on the right.
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Next, click "Settings" to locate the GitHub token options.
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Click "Developer settings" from the options on the left sidebar.
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Next, click "Personal access tokens" to get your unique access token.
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Make sure to select the "Tokens (classic)" instead of Fine-grained tokens. The alternative option is typically only used in enterprise settings and large companies.
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Next, hit "Generate new token."
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GitHub will ask which type of token you want. Select "Generate new token (classic)" to proceed with creating a classic token.
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Give your new personal access token a name.
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After you name your token, set your expiration day. You can set it for as little as seven days or as long as you want.
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Make sure to define any scopes you would like your token to have. For example, you should click the checkbox marked "repo" if you want to edit your repository files.
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Finally, hit "Generate token," and GitHub will create your personal access token so you may access your repositories remotely.
