Repository administrators and organization owners can change several settings, including the names and ownership of a repository and the public or private visibility of a repository. They can also delete a repository.

About repository transfers

When you transfer a repository to a new owner, they can immediately administer the repository's contents, issues, pull requests, releases, and settings.

Transferring a repository owned by your personal account

You can transfer a repository owned by your personal user account to another user or to an organization that you have admin or owner permissions with.

Transferring a repository owned by your organization

You can transfer a repository owned by your organization to your personal user account or to another organization that you have admin or owner permissions with.

Renaming a repository

You can rename a repository if you're either an organization owner or have admin permissions for the repository.

Making a public repository private

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

Making a private repository public

You can change a repository's visibility from private to public if you're either an organization owner or have admin permissions for the repository.

Deleting a repository

You can delete any repository or fork if you're either an organization owner or have admin permissions for the repository or fork.