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Remove user access restrictions
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Removes the ability of a user to push to this branch.
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| array | Usernames of the people who should no longer have push access. Note: The list of users, apps, and teams in total is limited to 100 items. |
delete/repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/restrictions/users
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.
branchstring required
The name of the branch. Cannot contain wildcard characters. To use wildcard characters in branch names, use the GraphQL API.
Request body
Example request
{
"users": [
"mona"
]
}Response
Response
Example response
[
{
"login": "octocat",
"id": 1,
"node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
"avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
"gravatar_id": "41d064eb2195891e12d0413f63227ea7",
"url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
"html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
"followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
"following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
"gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
"starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
"subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
"organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
"repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
"events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
"received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
"type": "User",
"starred_at": "\"2020-07-09T00:17:55Z\""
}
]