Create a file ~/.ssh/config If you have 2 keys, for example: id_rsa for your personal, and id_work for your work, set the config as: 1 2 3 4 Host github-work HostName github.com IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_work IdentitiesOnly yes Now, when cloning or adding remote, change the github.com in the clone url is changed to github-work 1 git clone git@github-work:username/whatever.git