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Article version: Enterprise Server 2.18

Disabling project boards in your organization

Organization owners can turn off organization-wide project boards and repository project boards in an organization.

After you disable organization-wide project boards, it won’t be possible to create new project boards at the organization level, and any existing organization-level project boards will become inaccessible at their previous URLs. Project boards in repositories in the organization are not affected.

After you disable repository project boards in an organization, it won't be possible to create new project boards in any repositories in the organization, and any existing project boards in repositories in the organization will become inaccessible at their previous URLs. Project boards at the organization level are not affected.

When you disable project boards, you will no longer see project board information in timelines or audit logs.

  1. In the top right corner of GitHub Enterprise, click your profile photo, then click Your profile.
    Profile photo
  2. On the left side of your profile page, under "Organizations", click the icon for your organization.
    organization icons
  3. Under your organization name, click Settings.
    Organization settings button
  4. Decide whether to disable organization-wide project boards, disable repository project boards in the organization, or both. Then, under "Projects":
    • To disable organization-wide project boards, unselect Enable projects for the organization.
    • To disable repository project boards in the organization, unselect Enable projects for all repositories.
      Checkboxes to disable projects for an organization or for all of an organization's repositories
  5. Click Save.

If you decide to re-enable project boards, any project boards that were previously added will be available.

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