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Delete an email address for the authenticated user

DELETE
/user/emails

OAuth app tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need the user scope to use this endpoint.

API method documentation

Request Body

Section titled “Request Body”
Media typeapplication/json
One of:

Deletes one or more email addresses from your GitHub account. Must contain at least one email address. Note: Alternatively, you can pass a single email address or an array of emails addresses directly, but we recommend that you pass an object using the emails key.

object
emails
required

Email addresses associated with the GitHub user account.

Array<string>
>= 1 items
Examples
Exampledefault

Example deleting multiple email accounts

{
  "emails": [
    "octocat@github.com",
    "mona@github.com"
  ]
}

Responses

Section titled “Responses”

204

Section titled “204”

Response

304

Section titled “304”

Not modified

401

Section titled “401”

Requires authentication

Media typeapplication/json
Basic Error

Basic Error

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

403

Section titled “403”

Forbidden

Media typeapplication/json
Basic Error

Basic Error

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

404

Section titled “404”

Resource not found

Media typeapplication/json
Basic Error

Basic Error

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

422

Section titled “422”

Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.

Media typeapplication/json
Validation Error

Validation Error

object
message
required
string
documentation_url
required
string
errors
Array<object>
object
resource
string
field
string
message
string
code
required
string
index
integer
value
One of:
string
nullable
Examplegenerated
{
  "message": "example",
  "documentation_url": "example",
  "errors": [
    {
      "resource": "example",
      "field": "example",
      "message": "example",
      "code": "example",
      "index": 1,
      "value": [
        "example"
      ]
    }
  ]
}