> - [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,
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).
at midnight UTC, and that they can be only managed by [maintainers](../../permissions.md).