How to remove files from git staging area?

I made changes to some of my files in my local repo, and then I did git add -A which I think added too many files to the staging area. How can I delete all the files from the staging area?

After I do that, I'll just manually do git add "filename".

You can unstage files from the index using

git reset HEAD -- path/to/file

Just like git add, you can unstage files recursively by directory and so forth, so to unstage everything at once, run this from the root directory of your repository:

git reset HEAD -- .

Also, for future reference, the output of git status will tell you the commands you need to run to move files from one state to another.

Use

git reset

to unstage all the staged files.

If you've already committed a bunch of unwanted files, you can unstage them and tell git to mark them as deleted (without actually deleting them) with

git rm --cached -r .

--cached tells it to remove the paths from staging and the index without removing the files themselves and -r operates on directories recursively. You can then git add any files that you want to keep tracking.

Now at v2.24.0 suggests

git restore --staged .

to unstage files.

Use the following to remove a specific file from the staging area:

git restore --staged <individual_file>

Or use the following to remove all the files that are currently staged:

git restore --staged .

In your git bash terminal after adding files to the staging area you can run a git status and the command is displayed for you above the current staged files:

You could use

git reset HEAD

then add the specific files you want with

git add [directory/]filename

To remove all files from staging area use -
git reset
To remove specific file use -
git reset "File path"

It is very simple:

1. To check the current status of any file in the current dir, whether it is staged or not:

   git status

2. Staging any files:

   git add . for all files in the current directory

   git add <filename> for specific file

3. Unstaging the file:

   git restore --staged <filename>

As noted in other answers, you should use git reset. This will undo the action of the git add -A.

Note: git reset is equivalent to git reset --mixed which does this

>Resets the index but not the working tree (i.e., the changed files are preserved but not marked for commit) and reports what has not been updated. This is the default action. [ git reset ]

If unwanted files were added to the staging area but not yet committed, then a simple reset will do the job:

$ git reset HEAD file
# Or everything
$ git reset HEAD .

To only remove unstaged changes in the current working directory, use:

git checkout -- .

Use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage fils

ex : to unstage all files

git reset HEAD .

to unstage one file

git reset HEAD nameFile.txt

use

git reset HEAD

This will remove all files from staging area

MUCH SIMPLIFIED ANSWER

Below git commands can remove all files from staging area

git restore --staged .

Or simply you can

git restore -S .

NOTE: Run these commands from you project root directory and don't forgot the . (dot) at the end!

You can reset the staging area in a few ways:

1. Reset HEAD and add all necessary files to check-in again as below:

     git reset HEAD ---> removes all files from the staging area
     git add <files, that are required to be committed>
     git commit -m "<commit message>"
     git push 
   

Remove directory from staging area! git rm --cached <>

if this doesn't work use -f tag git rm --cached <> -f

I tried all these method but none worked for me. I removed .git file using rm -rf .git form the local repository and then again did git init and git add and routine commands. It worked.