Delete a package for the authenticated user

DELETE

/user/packages/{package_type}/{package_name}

Deletes a package owned by the authenticated user. You cannot delete a public package if any version of the package has more than 5,000 downloads. In this scenario, contact GitHub support for further assistance.

OAuth app tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need the read:packages and delete:packages scopes to use this endpoint. For more information, see “About permissions for GitHub Packages.”

API method documentation

Parameters

Path Parameters

package_type

required

string

Allowed values: npm maven rubygems docker nuget container

The type of supported package. Packages in GitHub’s Gradle registry have the type maven. Docker images pushed to GitHub’s Container registry (ghcr.io) have the type container. You can use the type docker to find images that were pushed to GitHub’s Docker registry (docker.pkg.github.com), even if these have now been migrated to the Container registry.

package_name

required

string

The name of the package.

Responses

204

Response

401

Requires authentication

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"
}

403

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"
}

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"
}