Making a public repository private - GitHub Enterprise 11.10.340 Documentation

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Making a public repository private

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If you have administrative access, you can convert your public repositories to private ones.

Open the repository's page on your GitHub Enterprise instance.
Click Settings.
Click Make private.
Read the warnings.
Type the name of the repository that you want to make private.
Click I understand, make this repository private.

Warning: When a public repository is made private, public forks of the public repository are detached and put into a new network. They are not made private. For more information, see "What happens to forks when a repository is deleted or changes visibility".