---
title: "Multiple tokens found, but only one is allowed"
weight: 30
---

GoReleaser infers if you are using GitHub, GitLab or Gitea by which tokens are provided.
If you have multiple tokens set, you'll get this error.

Here's an example:

```sh
   ⨯ release failed after 0.02s error=multiple tokens found, but only one is allowed: GITHUB_TOKEN, GITLAB_TOKEN

Learn more at https://goreleaser.com/errors/multiple-tokens
```

In this case, you either unset `GITHUB_TOKEN` or `GITLAB_TOKEN`.
You can read more about it in the [SCM docs](/customization/publish/scm/github/).

This can also happen if you load the tokens from files.
The default paths are:

- `~/.config/goreleaser/github_token`
- `~/.config/goreleaser/gitlab_token`
- `~/.config/goreleaser/gitea_token`

If you have more than one of these files, but for a particular project, you want
to force one of them, you can explicitly disable the others by setting them to a
file you know won't exist:

```yaml {filename=".goreleaser.yaml"}
env_files:
  gitlab_token: ~/nope
  gitea_token: ~/nope
```

This will prevent using both GitLab and Gitea tokens.

## Forcing a specific token

If GoReleaser is being run with more than one of the `*_TOKEN` environment
variables and you can't unset any of them, you can force GoReleaser to use a
specific one by exporting a `GORELEASER_FORCE_TOKEN` environment variable.

So, for instance, if you have both `GITHUB_TOKEN` and `GITEA_TOKEN` set and want
GoReleaser to pick `GITEA_TOKEN`, you can set `GORELEASER_FORCE_TOKEN=gitea`.
GoReleaser will then unset `GITHUB_TOKEN` and proceed.

You can also force a token by using `force_token` in your config:

```yaml {filename=".goreleaser.yaml"}
force_token: gitea
```
