Remove files from the staging area git Code Snippet in 2025

Removes files from the staging area.

• Use git restore --staged <pathspec> to remove files from the staging area.
• <pathspec> can be a filename or a fileglob.

git restore --staged <pathspec>

git restore --staged "30seconds.txt"
# Remove the file `30seconds.txt` from the staging area

git restore --staged src/*.json
# Remove all files with a `.json` extension in the `src` directory

git restore --staged .
# Remove all changes from the staging area