Command-line tool

bfg

brew/bfg

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

Remove large files or passwords from Git history like git-filter-branch

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

scoop install bfg

macOS

brew install bfg

Remove a file with sensitive data but leave the latest commit untouched

bfg --delete-files file_with_sensitive_data

Remove all text mentioned in the specified file wherever it can be found in the repository's history

bfg --replace-text path/to/file.txt

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