Cannot log out of Copilot in PhpStorm

Question

I accidentally logged into the wrong account when setting up GitHub's Copilot in PhpStorm.

I tried uninstalling the plugin and restarting.
I tried selecting a different GitHub account in the Copilot settings.
Other posts have suggested there is a logout button/link in the Copilot settings, but that is not in my PhpStorm 2024.3.1.1 Copilot settings.

How do I disconnect the wrong GitHub account so I can use the one I'm actually paying for Copilot on?

I'm not using Copilot so cannot help directly. But I can suggest to try the following (in case you are still unable to locate the log out button): 1) Exit the IDE; 2) Go to the folder where the IDE-wide settings are stored (see this link for details; 3) go into options folder and look for a config file that can be related to copilot (or perhaps GitHub). It should be a XML file -- see if you can spot the login there. If anything -- try deleting the file. — LazyOne
– LazyOne, Commented Dec 27, 2024 at 11:10
This may not work that well if you are using the bundled plugin to sync your IDE settings to the cloud (JetBrains account). If it's the case -- try disabling such sync first (and restart the IDE) ... or check for the same files in a settingsSync folder there (in addition to the aforementioned options one). — LazyOne
– LazyOne, Commented Dec 27, 2024 at 11:11
None of that worked. There also isn't a settingsSync file or folder anywhere on my Mac. However, I did notice that despite the fact that a popup says I'm logged into Github, it was apparently fake news. I noticed the login link in the settings and logged into the correct account. When I did this, it also displayed a logout link I could use. — eComEvo
– eComEvo, Commented Dec 28, 2024 at 19:00
This answer solved issue in my case: stackoverflow.com/a/78998301/11030016 — Damian JK
– Damian JK, Commented Jan 13 at 13:27
@DamianJK, your advice didn't help me. And it was because I was trying to integrate MCP server with my webstorm. To do that I've added GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN to my env variables on windows. It appeared it interferred with the session info. Once I removed the env variable, after restart copilot started behaving as it should — Emil
– Emil, Commented Sep 1 at 10:54

DannyG · Accepted Answer · 2025-01-17 17:15:03Z

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I had similar issue on my Mac with PyCharm and and finally found the solution. Default user data is stored in the following file: /Users/<your_user_name>/.config/github-copilot/apps.json

Open the file and remove saved entry. You will need to re-authenticate again.

answered Jan 17 at 17:15

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