March 9, 2017 | Tam Nguyen Delete all unused repositories and forgotten forks in 6 (semi)-automatic steps! Github forces me to type name of repo for every fork and repository I want to delete. That’s smart and all, but what if one wants to mass-delete a bunch of old, unused, forgotten, dirty little repositories that make his repository list look like a mess? well, that person follows this short guide: [1.] Open in a new tab all to-be-deleted github repositores (Use the mouse’s middle click) https://github.com/wildeyes?tab=repositories [2.] Use one tab https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/onetab/chphlpgkkbolifaimnlloiipkdnihall?hl=en to shorten them to a list. [3.] Save that list to to a file somewhere. The list should be in the form of “ur_username/repo_name” per line, not a full URL! [4.] Register a new personal access token with a delete_repo permission at this address https://github.com/settings/tokens/new [5.] Use the line appropriate for your operating system below, replacing UR_TOKEN with your access_token. [6.] For OSX + Linux: while read repo; do curl -X DELETE -H "Authorization: token UR_TOKEN" "https://api.github.com/repos/$repo"; done < repos.txt [7.] For Windows: Run in powershell: get-content D:\repolist.txt | ForEach-Object { Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://api.github.com/repos/$_ -Method "DELETE" -Headers @{"Authorization"="token UR_TOKEN"} } Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window) Related