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Remove outside collaborator from an organization

DELETE
/orgs/{org}/outside_collaborators/{username}

Removing a user from this list will remove them from all the organization’s repositories.

API method documentation

org
required
string

The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.

username
required
string

The handle for the GitHub user account.

Response

Unprocessable Entity if user is a member of the organization

Media type application/json
object
message
string
documentation_url
string
Examples
Example response-if-user-is-a-member-of-the-organization
{
"message": "You cannot specify an organization member to remove as an outside collaborator.",
"documentation_url": "https://docs.github.com/rest/orgs/outside-collaborators#remove-outside-collaborator-from-an-organization"
}