How to Delete a branch in remote GitHub repository

In this tutorial, we are going to learn about how to delete a branch in remote GitHub repository.

Consider, that we have a git branch called work in remote GitHub repository.To delete that branch follow the below tutorial.

To delete a branch in remote GitHub repository, we can use the git push command followed by the remote-name , --delete flag and branch name.

Here is an example:

# git push <remote-name> --delete <branch-name>

git push origin --delete work

Now, our work branch is successfully deleted remotely.

Note: In most cases, remote-name is origin.

Deleting Git branch Locally

To delete a git branch locally, we can use the git branch command followed by the -d flag and name of the branch.

Example:

# git branch -d  <branch-name>

git branch -d work