curl -X DELETE 'https://api.github.com/orgs/example-org/actions/hosted-runners/10' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \
  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10'

# DELETE /orgs/{org}/actions/hosted-runners/{hosted_runner_id} (GitHub API)
Base URL: https://api.github.com
Auth: Authorization; GitHub token; required.
Last verified: 2026-10-20

> Delete a GitHub-hosted runner for an organization

## Critical Gotchas
* GitHub recommends an `Accept: application/vnd.github+json` header and an explicit `X-GitHub-Api-Version` header.
* Fine-grained tokens only authorize repositories and permissions selected when the token is created.

## cURL
curl -X DELETE 'https://api.github.com/orgs/example-org/actions/hosted-runners/10' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \
  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10'

## Parameters
| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| org | path | string | Yes | The organization name. The name is not case sensitive. |
| hosted_runner_id | path | integer | Yes | Unique identifier of the GitHub-hosted runner. |

## Response example
{"id":5,"name":"my-github-hosted-runner"}

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DELETE /orgs/{org}/actions/hosted-runners/{hosted_runner_id} — GitHub API

GitHub token (required); https://api.github.com

GitHub API

Delete a GitHub-hosted runner for an organization

Base URL: https://api.github.com
Auth: Authorization: Bearer <GITHUB_API_KEY>
Last verified: 2026-10-20 · upstream hash matched

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Critical gotchas

GitHub recommends an Accept: application/vnd.github+json header and an explicit X-GitHub-Api-Version header.

Fine-grained tokens only authorize repositories and permissions selected when the token is created.

cURL

curl -X DELETE 'https://api.github.com/orgs/example-org/actions/hosted-runners/10' \  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10'

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
org	path	string	Yes	The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.
hosted_runner_id	path	integer	Yes	Unique identifier of the GitHub-hosted runner.

Response 200 OK

{
  "id": 5,
  "name": "my-github-hosted-runner",
  "runner_group_id": 2,
  "image_details": {
    "id": "ubuntu-20.04",
    "size_gb": 86,
    "display_name": 20.04,
    "source": "github",
    "version": "latest"
  },
  "machine_size_details": {
    "id": "8-core",
    "cpu_cores": 8,
    "memory_gb": 32,
    "storage_gb": 300
  },
  "status": "Ready",
  "platform": "linux-x64",
  "maximum_runners": 5,
  "public_ip_enabled": true,
  "public_ips": [
    {
      "enabled": true,
      "prefix": "20.80.208.150",
      "length": 28
    }
  ],
  "last_active_on": "2022-10-09T23:39:01Z",
  "image_gen": true
}

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