I was trying to modify one of my private repository in GitHub and ran into the below error - git clone https://github.com/<user>/DocTest.git Cloning into 'DocTest'... remote: Repository not found. fatal: repository 'https://github.com/<user>/DocTest.git/' not found After lot of trial and error attempts, I figured out that my Windows 10 PC had stored github user credentials, so it didn't let me clone a private repository which was not accessible to the saved user. This is how we can clear any saved cache - Open Control Panel from the Start Menu Select User Accounts Select "Manage your credentials" in the left hand menu Delete all user credentials related to Git or GitHub After doing that, the error was gone and I was able to clone the repositories.