curl -X DELETE 'https://api.github.com/orgs/example-org/secret-scanning/custom-patterns' \
  -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 '{
  "patterns": [
    {
      "pattern_id": 0,
      "custom_pattern_version": "example-custom-pattern-version"
    }
  ]
}'

# DELETE /orgs/{org}/secret-scanning/custom-patterns (GitHub API)
Base URL: https://api.github.com
Auth: Authorization; GitHub token; required.
Request formats: application/json.
Last verified: 2026-10-20

> Bulk delete organization custom patterns

## 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/secret-scanning/custom-patterns' \
  -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 '{
  "patterns": [
    {
      "pattern_id": 0,
      "custom_pattern_version": "example-custom-pattern-version"
    }
  ]
}'

## Parameters
| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| org | path | string | Yes | The organization name. The name is not case sensitive. |
| patterns | body | object[] | Yes | The list of custom patterns to delete. |
| post_delete_action | body | string | No | What to do with alerts associated with the deleted patterns. `delete_alerts`... |

## Response example
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DELETE

DELETE /orgs/{org}/secret-scanning/custom-patterns — GitHub API

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

GitHub API

Bulk delete organization custom patterns

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/secret-scanning/custom-patterns' \  -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 '{  "patterns": [    {      "pattern_id": 0,      "custom_pattern_version": "example-custom-pattern-version"    }  ]}'

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
org	path	string	Yes	The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.
patterns	body	object[]	Yes	The list of custom patterns to delete.
post_delete_action	body	string	No	What to do with alerts associated with the deleted patterns. `delete_alerts` permanently removes the alerts. `resolve_alerts` resolves the alerts as "pattern deleted". Defaults to `delete_alerts` when not specified.

Response 200 OK

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