curl -X DELETE 'https://api.github.com/repos/example-owner/example-repo/branches/example-branch/protection/restrictions/apps' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \
  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "apps": [
    "example-apps"
  ]
}'

# DELETE /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/restrictions/apps (GitHub API)
Base URL: https://api.github.com
Auth: Authorization; GitHub token; required.
Request formats: application/json.
Last verified: 2026-10-20

> Remove app access restrictions

## 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/branches/example-branch/protection/restrictions/apps' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \
  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "apps": [
    "example-apps"
  ]
}'

## 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... |
| branch | path | string | Yes | The name of the branch. Cannot contain wildcard characters. To use wildcard c... |
| apps | body | string[] | Yes | The GitHub Apps that have push access to this branch. Use the slugified versi... |

## Response example
[{"id":37,"slug":"probot-owners"}]

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DELETE /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/restrictions/apps — GitHub API

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

GitHub API

Remove app access restrictions

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/branches/example-branch/protection/restrictions/apps' \  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10' \  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \  -d '{  "apps": [    "example-apps"  ]}'

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.
branch	path	string	Yes	The name of the branch. Cannot contain wildcard characters. To use wildcard characters in branch names, use [the GraphQL API](https://docs.github.com/graphql).
apps	body	string[]	Yes	The GitHub Apps that have push access to this branch. Use the slugified version of the app name. Note: The list of users, apps, and teams in total is limited to 100 items.

Response 200 OK

[
  {
    "id": 37,
    "slug": "probot-owners",
    "node_id": "MDExOkludGVncmF0aW9uMQ==",
    "client_id": "\"Iv1.25b5d1e65ffc4022\"",
    "owner": {
      "name": "string",
      "email": "string",
      "login": "octocat",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
      "gravatar_id": "41d064eb2195891e12d0413f63227ea7",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": true,
      "starred_at": "\"2020-07-09T00:17:55Z\"",
      "user_view_type": "public"
    },
    "name": "Probot Owners",
    "description": "The description of the app.",
    "external_url": "https://example.com",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/apps/super-ci",
    "created_at": "2017-07-08T16:18:44-04:00",
    "updated_at": "2017-07-08T16:18:44-04:00",
    "permissions": {
      "issues": "read",
      "deployments": "write"
    },
    "events": [
      "label",
      "deployment"
    ],
    "installations_count": 5
  }
]

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