curl -X DELETE 'https://api.github.com/applications/client-id/token' \
  -H "Authorization: Basic $GITHUB_BASIC_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \
  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "access_token": "example-access-token"
}'

# DELETE /applications/{client_id}/token (GitHub API)
Base URL: https://api.github.com
Auth: Authorization; GitHub OAuth application credentials; required.
Request formats: application/json.
Last verified: 2026-10-20

> Delete an app token

## 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/applications/client-id/token' \
  -H "Authorization: Basic $GITHUB_BASIC_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \
  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "access_token": "example-access-token"
}'

## Parameters
| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| client_id | path | string | Yes | The client ID of the GitHub app. |
| access_token | body | string | Yes | The OAuth access token used to authenticate to the GitHub API. |

## Response example
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DELETE

DELETE /applications/{client_id}/token — GitHub API

GitHub OAuth application credentials (required); https://api.github.com

GitHub API

Delete an app token

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/applications/client-id/token' \  -H "Authorization: Basic $GITHUB_BASIC_TOKEN" \  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10' \  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \  -d '{  "access_token": "example-access-token"}'

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
client_id	path	string	Yes	The client ID of the GitHub app.
access_token	body	string	Yes	The OAuth access token used to authenticate to the GitHub API.

Response 200 OK

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