curl -X DELETE 'https://api.github.com/repos/example-owner/example-repo/code-scanning/analyses/10?confirm_delete=example-confirm-delete' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \
  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10'

# DELETE /repos/{owner}/{repo}/code-scanning/analyses/{analysis_id} (GitHub API)
Base URL: https://api.github.com
Auth: Authorization; GitHub token; required.
Last verified: 2026-10-20

> Delete a code scanning analysis from a repository

## 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/repos/example-owner/example-repo/code-scanning/analyses/10?confirm_delete=example-confirm-delete' \
  -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 |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| owner | path | string | Yes | The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive. |
| repo | path | string | Yes | The name of the repository without the `.git` extension. The name is not case... |
| analysis_id | path | integer | Yes | The ID of the analysis, as returned from the `GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/code-... |
| confirm_delete | query | string | No | Allow deletion if the specified analysis is the last in a set. If you attempt... |

## Response example
{"next_analysis_url":"https://example.com","confirm_delete_url":"https://example.com"}

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DELETE /repos/{owner}/{repo}/code-scanning/analyses/{analysis_id} — GitHub API

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GitHub API

Delete a code scanning analysis from a repository

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/repos/example-owner/example-repo/code-scanning/analyses/10?confirm_delete=example-confirm-delete' \  -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
owner	path	string	Yes	The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
repo	path	string	Yes	The name of the repository without the `.git` extension. The name is not case sensitive.
analysis_id	path	integer	Yes	The ID of the analysis, as returned from the `GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/code-scanning/analyses` operation.
confirm_delete	query	string	No	Allow deletion if the specified analysis is the last in a set. If you attempt to delete the final analysis in a set without setting this parameter to `true`, you'll get a 400 response with the message: `Analysis is last of its type and deletion may result in the loss of historical alert data. Please specify confirm_delete.`

Response 200 OK

{
  "next_analysis_url": "https://example.com",
  "confirm_delete_url": "https://example.com"
}

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