How to Remove Github Repositories

Question

March 12, 2021

There is a repository on git that I'm trying to erase. I set it up for initial practice, but now, I don't want to use it because the name is dumb (created it in a hurry) I need to get rid if it, because the PC keeps trying to reference it when I use Git. I just need to use my newer (better named) repository. I'm not familiar with the git cli in the least. Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

Git creates a hidden .git folder when you initialize or clone a repository. Delete that folder to get rid of the repo.

From the command line, you can delete it with rd /S/Q.git (Windows) or rm -rf.git (Mac/Linux).

If you're wanting to remove a repository from GitHub, you can do that via Settings -> Options -> Delete this repository