> - [Moved](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/issues/199370) from **Settings > Repository** in GitLab 12.9.
Deploy tokens allow to download (through `git clone`), or read the container registry images of a project without the need of having a user and a password.
Deploy tokens allow you to download (through `git clone`) or read the container registry images of a project without having a user and a password.
Please note, that the expiration of deploy tokens happens on the date you define,
at midnight UTC and that they can be only managed by [maintainers](../../permissions.md).
Please note that deploy tokens expire on the date you define,
at midnight UTC, and that they can be only managed by [maintainers](../../permissions.md).