Delete a package for an organization

DELETE

/orgs/{org}/packages/{package_type}/{package_name}

Deletes an entire package in an organization. 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.

The authenticated user must have admin permissions in the organization to use this endpoint. If the package_type belongs to a GitHub Packages registry that supports granular permissions, the authenticated user must also have admin permissions to the package. For the list of these registries, see “About permissions for GitHub Packages.”

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.

org

required

string

The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.

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"
}