# Remove Secret from Code

> A technique for deleting a credential from source and history and reading it from a secret store instead.

Record: `lexicon:remove-secret-from-code`
Kind: technique
Layer: [Security Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/security-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-remove-secret-from-code

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [User Convenience](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/user-convenience.md) and before [Secret Rotation](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/secret-rotation.md).

## Category

- [Security Privacy Compliance](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/security-privacy-compliance.md)

## Refactors

- [Hardcoded Configuration](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/hardcoded-configuration.md)

## Linked from

- [Anti-patterns](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-anti-patterns.md)