You can delete your GitHub Enterprise user account at any time. Before you do so, you should hand over the reins of any organizations you might own.

Deleting your user account removes all repositories, forks of private repositories, wikis, issues, pull requests, and pages.

Unless you're the only owner, deleting your user account doesn't delete the organizations you're a member of.

Review your organizations to ensure none are unintentionally deleted

If you're the owner of any organizations, you can either transfer ownership to another person or delete the organization.

To find out if you own any organizations:

  1. Settings icon in the user barIn the top right corner of any page, click .
  2. Organization sidebarAt the bottom of the left sidebar you will find any organizations you own.

Back up your account data

Before you delete your user account, make a copy of all private repositories, forks, wikis, and issues from your account.

Warning: Once your user account has been deleted, GitHub cannot restore your content.

Delete your user account

  1. Settings icon in the user barIn the top right corner of any page, click .
  2. Account settings menu optionIn the left sidebar, click Account settings.

  3. Account deletion buttonAt the bottom of the Account Settings page, under "Delete account", click Delete your account.

  4. Delete account confirmation dialogIn the "Make sure you want to do this" dialog box, complete the steps to confirm you understand what happens when your account is deleted:

  • Recall that all repositories, forks of private repositories, wikis, issues, pull requests and pages will be deleted, and your username will be available for use on GitHub Enterprise.

    • In the first field, type your GitHub Enterprise username.
    • In the second field, type the phrase from the prompt.