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Remove a label from an issue

DELETE
/repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/{issue_number}/labels/{name}

Removes the specified label from the issue, and returns the remaining labels on the issue. This endpoint returns a 404 Not Found status if the label does not exist.

API method documentation

Parameters

Section titled “ Parameters ”

Path Parameters

Section titled “ Path Parameters ”
owner
required
string

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

repo
required
string

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

issue_number
required
integer

The number that identifies the issue.

name
required
string

Responses

Section titled “ Responses ”

200

Section titled “ 200 ”

Response

Media type application/json
Array<object>
Label

Color-coded labels help you categorize and filter your issues (just like labels in Gmail).

object
id
required

Unique identifier for the label.

integer format: int64
node_id
required
string
url
required

URL for the label

string format: uri
name
required

The name of the label.

string
description
required

Optional description of the label, such as its purpose.

string
nullable
color
required

6-character hex code, without the leading #, identifying the color

string
default
required

Whether this label comes by default in a new repository.

boolean
Examples
Example default 
[
  {
    "id": 208045946,
    "node_id": "MDU6TGFiZWwyMDgwNDU5NDY=",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels/bug",
    "name": "bug",
    "description": "Something isn't working",
    "color": "f29513",
    "default": true
  }
]

301

Section titled “ 301 ”

Moved permanently

Media type application/json
Basic Error

Basic Error

object
message
string
documentation_url
string
url
string
status
string
Example generated 
{
  "message": "example",
  "documentation_url": "example",
  "url": "example",
  "status": "example"
}

404

Section titled “ 404 ”

Resource not found

Media type application/json
Basic Error

Basic Error

object
message
string
documentation_url
string
url
string
status
string
Example generated 
{
  "message": "example",
  "documentation_url": "example",
  "url": "example",
  "status": "example"
}

410

Section titled “ 410 ”

Gone

Media type application/json
Basic Error

Basic Error

object
message
string
documentation_url
string
url
string
status
string
Example generated 
{
  "message": "example",
  "documentation_url": "example",
  "url": "example",
  "status": "example"
}