How to delete project completely from Github?

If you have a project on GitHub that you no longer need, you may be wondering how to permanently delete it. This can be especially useful if you want to free up your account's repository quota or if you want to remove outdated or unnecessary code from your profile. In this tutorial, we will walk through the steps to delete a project from GitHub permanently.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure that you have the following:

• Access to the project that you want to delete. You must be the owner of the project or have admin permissions in order to delete it.

Step 1: Delete the repository from the GitHub website

To delete a repository from the GitHub website, follow these steps:

1. Go to the GitHub website and log in to your account.

2. Navigate to the repository that you want to delete. You can use the search bar to find it or go to your profile and click on the repository name.

3. Click on the "Settings" tab located at the top of the page.

4. Scroll down to the "Danger Zone" section and click on the "Delete this repository" button.

5. You will be prompted to enter the name of the repository and your GitHub password. This is a security measure to prevent accidental deletion of repositories.

6. Click on the "I understand the consequences, delete this repository" button.

Step 2: Delete the repository from your local machine

Deleting the repository from the GitHub website only removes the remote repository, not the local copy on your machine. To delete the local copy, follow these steps:

1. Open a terminal or command prompt.

2. Navigate to the local directory where the repository is located. You can use the cd command to change directories.

3. Run the following command to delete the local repository:
   rm -rf <repository_name>

Make sure to replace <repository_name> with the actual name of your repository.

Step 3: Remove any remote references

If you have any other local repositories that are connected to the remote repository that you just deleted, you will need to remove the references to the remote repository. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Open a terminal or command prompt.

2. Navigate to the local repository that you want to update.

3. Run the following command to remove the remote reference:
   rm -rf <repository_name>

This will remove the origin remote reference from the local repository. If you have multiple remote references, you can repeat this command for each one.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have learned how to delete a project from GitHub permanently. We first deleted the repository from the GitHub website and then deleted the local copy on our machine. Finally, we removed any remote references to the repository. With these steps, you can effectively remove a project from GitHub and free up your repository quota.