It can be done over the terminal. (VS code has a terminal)
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Go to the root of the directory.
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List your existing remotes in order to get the name of the remote you want to change.
$ git remote -v origin git@github.com:USERNAME/REPOSITORY.git (fetch) origin git@github.com:USERNAME/REPOSITORY.git (push) -
Change your remote’s URL from SSH to HTTPS with the git remote set-url command.
$ git remote set-url origin https://github.com/USERNAME/REPOSITORY.git -
Verify that the remote URL has changed.
$ git remote -v origin https://github.com/USERNAME/REPOSITORY.git (fetch) origin https://github.com/USERNAME/REPOSITORY.git (push)