Managing the automatic deletion of branches

Anyone with admin permissions to a repository can enable or disable the automatic deletion of branches.

1. On your enterprise, navigate to the main page of the repository.

2. Under your repository name, click Settings. If you cannot see the "Settings" tab, select the dropdown menu, then click Settings.

   

3. Under "Pull Requests", select or unselect Automatically delete head branches.

Further reading

• "Merging a pull request"
• "Creating and deleting branches within your repository"