DELETE

Try DELETE /repos/{owner}/{repo}/contents/{path} — GitHub API

GitHub playground

Delete a file

Credentials

GitHub token · sent as Authorization

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Headers

Accept · fixedX-GitHub-Api-Version · fixed

Path

owner · required · string The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive. repo · required · string The name of the repository without the `.git` extension. The name is not case sensitive. path · required · string path parameter

Body application/json

5 body fields

message · required · string — The commit message.
sha · required · string — The blob SHA of the file being deleted.
branch · optional · string — The branch name. Default: the repository’s default branch
committer · optional · object — object containing information about the committer.
author · optional · object — object containing information about the author.