How to delete branches in Git (locally and remotely)

In this tutorial, we are going to learn about how to delete a git branch locally and remotely.

consider we have a git branch called work and we need to delete it from locally and remotely.

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

Now, our work branch is successfully deleted locally.

Deleting Git branch Remotely

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

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

Example:

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

git push origin --delete work

Now, our work branch is successfully deleted remotely.