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 owned by your account. Issues and pull requests you've created and comments you've made in repositories owned by other users will not be deleted.
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:
- In the top right corner of any page, click .
- At 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 repositories, private forks, wikis, issues, and pull requests owned by your account.
Warning: Once your user account has been deleted, GitHub cannot restore your content.
Delete your user account
- In the top right corner of any page, click .
In the left sidebar, click Account settings.
At the bottom of the Account Settings page, under "Delete account", click Delete your account.
In the "Make sure you want to do this" dialog box, complete the steps to confirm you understand what happens when your account is deleted:
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Recall that all repositories, forks of private repositories, wikis, issues, pull requests and pages owned by your account 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.
