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Delete an organization

DELETE
/orgs/{org}

Deletes an organization and all its repositories.

The organization login will be unavailable for 90 days after deletion.

Please review the Terms of Service regarding account deletion before using this endpoint:

https://docs.github.com/site-policy/github-terms/github-terms-of-service

API method documentation

org
required
string

The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.

Accepted

Media type application/json
object
Examples
Example default
null

Forbidden

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"
}

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"
}