When you remove a collaborator from your project, they lose read/write access to your repository. If the repository is private and the person has created a fork, then that fork is also deleted.

Deleting forks of private repositories

While forks of private repositories are deleted when a collaborator is removed, the person will still retain any local clones of your repository.

Removing collaborator permissions from a person contributing to a repository

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

  2. Repository settings buttonUnder your repository name, click Settings.

  3. Collaborators tabIn the left sidebar, click Collaborators & teams.

  4. Remove linkNext to the collaborator you want to remove, click the X icon.

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