Labels can be applied to issues and pull requests to signify priority, category, or any other information that you find useful.

  1. On GitHub Enterprise, navigate to the main page of the repository.

  2. In the repository's right sidebar, click Issues or Pull requests. Issues or Pull Requests tab selection

  3. In the upper-left corner, click Labels. Issues Labels button

  4. Click New Label to create a new label, or click Edit to edit an existing one.

  5. In the text box, type your new label name. Issues new label textbox
  6. Select a color for the label from the color bar. You can customize this color by editing the hexadecimal number above the color bar. Issues new label textbox
  7. Click Create Label to save the new label.

Deleting labels

  1. In the top right corner of any page, click your username. highlighted username

  2. On GitHub Enterprise, navigate to the main page of the repository.

  3. In the repository's right sidebar, click Issues or Pull requests. Issues or Pull Requests tab selection

  4. In the upper-left corner, click Labels. Issues Labels button

  5. Click Delete.

When a label is deleted, issues and pull requests are not affected.

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