Sample - GitHub REST API
DELETE/repos/{owner}/{repo}/pages

Delete a GitHub Pages site

Deletes a GitHub Pages site. For more information, see "About GitHub Pages.

The authenticated user must be a repository administrator, maintainer, or have the 'manage GitHub Pages settings' permission.

OAuth app tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need the repo scope to use this endpoint.

  • RetriesRetries up to 2×, 500ms backoff, 30s timeout.

2 parameters
ownerstringrequired
The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
repostringrequired
The name of the repository without the `.git` extension. The name is not case sensitive.

4 status codes
204Response
404Resource not found
messagestringoptional
documentation_urlstringoptional
urlstringoptional
statusstringoptional
409Conflict
messagestringoptional
documentation_urlstringoptional
urlstringoptional
statusstringoptional
422Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.
messagestringrequired
documentation_urlstringrequired
errorsarray<object>optional

Error handling

A 404 is returned: Resource not found. A 409 is returned: Conflict. A 422 is returned: Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.