---
title: "Delete a CodeQL database"
method: DELETE
path: "/repos/{owner}/{repo}/code-scanning/codeql/databases/{language}"
tags: ["code-scanning"]
---

# Delete a CodeQL database

`DELETE /repos/{owner}/{repo}/code-scanning/codeql/databases/{language}`

Deletes a CodeQL database for a language in a repository.

OAuth app tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need the `repo` scope to use this endpoint with private or public repositories, or the `public_repo` scope to use this endpoint with only public repositories.

## Path parameters

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

## Response `204`

Response

## Other responses

- `403` — Response if the repository is archived or if GitHub Advanced Security is not enabled for this repository
- `404` — Resource not found
- `503` — Service unavailable

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