diff --git a/changelog.d/downloader/3129.enhance.rst b/changelog.d/downloader/3129.enhance.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..21b5b8394
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/downloader/3129.enhance.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Use sanitized url (without HTTP Basic Auth fragments) in `[p]findcog` command.
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diff --git a/changelog.d/downloader/3129.misc.rst b/changelog.d/downloader/3129.misc.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..685ee9daa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/downloader/3129.misc.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add `clean_url` property to :class:`redbot.cogs.downloader.repo_manager.Repo` which contains sanitized repo URL (without HTTP Basic Auth).
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diff --git a/redbot/cogs/downloader/downloader.py b/redbot/cogs/downloader/downloader.py
index be682431a..b12ac7ae2 100644
--- a/redbot/cogs/downloader/downloader.py
+++ b/redbot/cogs/downloader/downloader.py
@@ -1150,7 +1150,7 @@ class Downloader(commands.Cog):
             repo_url = (
                 _("Missing from installed repos")
                 if cog_installable.repo is None
-                else cog_installable.repo.url
+                else cog_installable.repo.clean_url
             )
             cog_name = cog_installable.name
         else:
diff --git a/redbot/cogs/downloader/repo_manager.py b/redbot/cogs/downloader/repo_manager.py
index 39ee18dce..276e59114 100644
--- a/redbot/cogs/downloader/repo_manager.py
+++ b/redbot/cogs/downloader/repo_manager.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import pkgutil
 import shlex
 import shutil
 import re
+import yarl
 from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
 from pathlib import Path
 from subprocess import run as sp_run, PIPE, CompletedProcess
@@ -147,6 +148,13 @@ class Repo(RepoJSONMixin):
 
         self._loop = loop if loop is not None else asyncio.get_event_loop()
 
+    @property
+    def clean_url(self):
+        """Sanitized repo URL (with removed HTTP Basic Auth)"""
+        url = yarl.URL(self.url)
+        clean_url = url.with_user(None)
+        return clean_url
+
     @classmethod
     async def convert(cls, ctx: commands.Context, argument: str) -> Repo:
         downloader_cog = ctx.bot.get_cog("Downloader")