---
title: "Create a remove token for a repository"
method: POST
path: "/repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/runners/remove-token"
tags: ["actions"]
---

# Create a remove token for a repository

`POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/runners/remove-token`

Returns a token that you can pass to the `config` script to remove a self-hosted runner from an repository. The token expires after one hour.

For example, you can replace `TOKEN` in the following example with the registration token provided by this endpoint to remove your self-hosted runner from an organization:

```
./config.sh remove --token TOKEN
```

Authenticated users must have admin access to the repository to use this endpoint.

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

## Path parameters

- `owner` string, required
- `repo` string, required

## Response `201`

Response

- AuthenticationToken — Authentication Token
  - `token` string, required — The token used for authentication
  - `expires_at` string, date-time, required — The time this token expires
  - `permissions` object
  - `repositories` Repository[] — The repositories this token has access to
    - `id` integer, required — Unique identifier of the repository
    - `node_id` string, required
    - `name` string, required — The name of the repository.
    - `full_name` string, required
    - `license` NullableLicenseSimple, nullable, required — License Simple
      - `key` string, required
      - `name` string, required
      - `url` string, uri, nullable, required
      - `spdx_id` string, nullable, required
      - `node_id` string, required
      - `html_url` string, uri
    - `forks` integer, required
    - `permissions` object
      - `admin` boolean, required
      - `pull` boolean, required
      - `triage` boolean
      - `push` boolean, required
      - `maintain` boolean
    - `owner` SimpleUser, required — A GitHub user.
      - `name` string, nullable
      - `email` string, nullable
      - `login` string, required
      - `id` integer, required
      - `node_id` string, required
      - `avatar_url` string, uri, required
      - `gravatar_id` string, nullable, required
      - `url` string, uri, required
      - `html_url` string, uri, required
      - `followers_url` string, uri, required
      - `following_url` string, required
      - `gists_url` string, required
      - `starred_url` string, required
      - `subscriptions_url` string, uri, required
      - `organizations_url` string, uri, required
      - `repos_url` string, uri, required
      - `events_url` string, required
      - `received_events_url` string, uri, required
      - `type` string, required
      - `site_admin` boolean, required
      - `starred_at` string
      - `user_view_type` string
    - `private` boolean, required — Whether the repository is private or public.
    - `html_url` string, uri, required
    - `description` string, nullable, required
    - `fork` boolean, required
    - `url` string, uri, required
    - `archive_url` string, required
    - `assignees_url` string, required
    - `blobs_url` string, required
    - `branches_url` string, required
    - `collaborators_url` string, required
    - `comments_url` string, required
    - `commits_url` string, required
    - `compare_url` string, required
    - `contents_url` string, required
    - `contributors_url` string, uri, required
    - `deployments_url` string, uri, required
    - `downloads_url` string, uri, required
    - `events_url` string, uri, required
    - `forks_url` string, uri, required
    - `git_commits_url` string, required
    - `git_refs_url` string, required
    - `git_tags_url` string, required
    - `git_url` string, required
    - `issue_comment_url` string, required
    - `issue_events_url` string, required
    - `issues_url` string, required
    - `keys_url` string, required
    - `labels_url` string, required
    - `languages_url` string, uri, required
    - `merges_url` string, uri, required
    - `milestones_url` string, required
    - `notifications_url` string, required
    - `pulls_url` string, required
    - `releases_url` string, required
    - `ssh_url` string, required
    - `stargazers_url` string, uri, required
    - `statuses_url` string, required
    - `subscribers_url` string, uri, required
    - `subscription_url` string, uri, required
    - `tags_url` string, uri, required
    - `teams_url` string, uri, required
    - `trees_url` string, required
    - `clone_url` string, required
    - `mirror_url` string, uri, nullable, required
    - `hooks_url` string, uri, required
    - `svn_url` string, uri, required
    - `homepage` string, uri, nullable, required
    - `language` string, nullable, required
    - `forks_count` integer, required
    - `stargazers_count` integer, required
    - `watchers_count` integer, required
    - `size` integer, required — The size of the repository, in kilobytes. Size is calculated hourly. When a repository is initially created, the size is 0.
    - `default_branch` string, required — The default branch of the repository.
    - `open_issues_count` integer, required
    - `is_template` boolean — Whether this repository acts as a template that can be used to generate new repositories.
    - `topics` string[]
    - `has_issues` boolean, required — Whether issues are enabled.
    - `has_projects` boolean, required — Whether projects are enabled.
    - `has_wiki` boolean, required — Whether the wiki is enabled.
    - `has_pages` boolean, required
    - `has_downloads` boolean, required — Whether downloads are enabled.
    - `has_discussions` boolean — Whether discussions are enabled.
    - `has_pull_requests` boolean — Whether pull requests are enabled.
    - `pull_request_creation_policy` 'all' | 'collaborators_only' — The policy controlling who can create pull requests: all or collaborators_only.
    - `archived` boolean, required — Whether the repository is archived.
    - `disabled` boolean, required — Returns whether or not this repository disabled.
    - `visibility` string — The repository visibility: public, private, or internal.
    - `pushed_at` string, date-time, nullable, required
    - `created_at` string, date-time, nullable, required
    - `updated_at` string, date-time, nullable, required
    - `allow_rebase_merge` boolean — Whether to allow rebase merges for pull requests.
    - `temp_clone_token` string
    - `allow_squash_merge` boolean — Whether to allow squash merges for pull requests.
    - `allow_auto_merge` boolean — Whether to allow Auto-merge to be used on pull requests.
    - `delete_branch_on_merge` boolean — Whether to delete head branches when pull requests are merged
    - `allow_update_branch` boolean — Whether or not a pull request head branch that is behind its base branch can always be updated even if it is not required to be up to date before merging.
    - `use_squash_pr_title_as_default` boolean — Whether a squash merge commit can use the pull request title as default. **This property is closing down. Please use `squash_merge_commit_title` instead.
    - `squash_merge_commit_title` 'PR_TITLE' | 'COMMIT_OR_PR_TITLE' — The default value for a squash merge commit title: - `PR_TITLE` - default to the pull request's title. - `COMMIT_OR_PR_TITLE` - default to the commit's title (if only one commit) or the pull request's title (when more than one commit).
    - `squash_merge_commit_message` 'PR_BODY' | 'COMMIT_MESSAGES' | 'BLANK' — The default value for a squash merge commit message: - `PR_BODY` - default to the pull request's body. - `COMMIT_MESSAGES` - default to the branch's commit messages. - `BLANK` - default to a blank commit message.
    - `merge_commit_title` 'PR_TITLE' | 'MERGE_MESSAGE' — The default value for a merge commit title. - `PR_TITLE` - default to the pull request's title. - `MERGE_MESSAGE` - default to the classic title for a merge message (e.g., Merge pull request #123 from branch-name).
    - `merge_commit_message` 'PR_BODY' | 'PR_TITLE' | 'BLANK' — The default value for a merge commit message. - `PR_TITLE` - default to the pull request's title. - `PR_BODY` - default to the pull request's body. - `BLANK` - default to a blank commit message.
    - `allow_merge_commit` boolean — Whether to allow merge commits for pull requests.
    - `allow_forking` boolean — Whether to allow forking this repo
    - `web_commit_signoff_required` boolean — Whether to require contributors to sign off on web-based commits
    - `open_issues` integer, required
    - `watchers` integer, required
    - `master_branch` string
    - `starred_at` string
    - `anonymous_access_enabled` boolean — Whether anonymous git access is enabled for this repository
    - `code_search_index_status` object — The status of the code search index for this repository
      - `lexical_search_ok` boolean
      - `lexical_commit_sha` string
  - `single_file` string, nullable
  - `repository_selection` 'all' | 'selected' — Describe whether all repositories have been selected or there's a selection involved

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