Managing push protection for users

You can control GitHub's ability to block your pushes that may contain secrets.

Who can use this feature?

Push protection for users is on by default for public repositories

  1. In the upper-right corner of any page on GitHub, click your profile picture, then click Settings.

  2. In the "Security" section of the sidebar, click Code security.

  3. Under "User", to the right of "Push protection for yourself", update your settings.

    Screenshot of the "User" section of the "Code security and analysis" settings page. A button labeled "Disable" is outlined in dark orange.