---
sidebar_position: 3
description: "Refresh an OAuth token"
---

# gt auth refresh

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Refresh an OAuth token

## Synopsis

```text
Refresh the OAuth token of the active account, or of --user, now. gt refreshes expiring
OAuth tokens on its own; tokens pasted with --with-token cannot be refreshed and are
replaced by logging in again.
```

```
gt auth refresh [flags]
```

## Examples

```
$ gt auth refresh
$ gt auth refresh --host gitea.com --user alice
```

## Options

```
  -h, --help   help for refresh
```

## Options inherited from parent commands

```
      --cwd directory       Working directory for repository discovery
      --debug               Log the method, URL, status, and duration of each HTTP request to stderr
      --host URL            Gitea instance URL, including any base path
      --interactive         Allow prompts with machine output
  -q, --jq expression       Filter JSON output using a jq expression; implies --json
      --json fields[="*"]   Output JSON with the specified comma-separated fields, or all fields
      --no-input            Disable prompts and implicit editor/browser interactions
      --remote remote       Git remote used for repository discovery
  -R, --repo OWNER/REPO     Select a repository as OWNER/REPO or URL
      --sudo user           Perform API requests as this user (requires an administrator account)
      --user name           Account name on the selected instance
  -y, --yes                 Accept confirmations without prompting
```

## SEE ALSO

* [gt auth](../auth/index.md): Authenticate gt and git with Gitea