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repos

Delete a repository

Deleting a repository requires admin access.

If an organization owner has configured the organization to prevent members from deleting organization-owned repositories, you will get a 403 Forbidden response.

OAuth app tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need the delete_repo scope to use this endpoint.

delete/repos/{owner}/{repo}

Path parameters

ownerstring required

The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.

repostring required

The name of the repository without the .git extension. The name is not case sensitive.

Response

Response