About disabling webhooks
You can disable a webhook that was previously enabled for a repository, organization, GitHub Enterprise, GitHub Marketplace account, GitHub Sponsors account, or GitHub App.
To disable a webhook, you can choose to deactivate or delete it. When you deactivate a webhook, the webhook deliveries will stop, and you can choose to reactivate the webhook at a later time. When you delete a webhook, it cannot be restored.
For more information, see "About webhooks" and "Creating webhooks."
Disabling a repository webhook
To disable a repository webhook, you can deactivate or delete it. You must be a repository owner, or have admin access in the repository, to disable webhooks.
You can use the GitHub web interface or the REST API to delete a webhook for a repository. For more information about using the REST API to delete a repository webhook, see "REST API endpoints for repository webhooks."
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On GitHub, navigate to the main page of the repository.
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Under your repository name, click Settings. If you cannot see the "Settings" tab, select the dropdown menu, then click Settings.
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In the left sidebar, click Webhooks.
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Under "Webhooks", locate the webhook you'd like to disable.
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Disable the webhook by either deactivating or deleting it:
- To deactivate the webhook:
- Click Edit.
- Deselect Active.
- Click Update webhook.
- To delete the webhook, click Delete. This action cannot be undone.
- To deactivate the webhook:
Disabling an organization webhook
To disable an organization webhook, you can deactivate or delete it. Only organization owners can disable webhooks in an organization.
You can use the GitHub web interface or the REST API to delete an organization webhook. For more information about using the REST API to delete an organization webhook, see "REST API endpoints for organization webhooks."
- In the upper-right corner of any page on GitHub, click your profile photo.
- Click Your organizations.
- To the right of the organization, click Settings.
- In the left sidebar, click Webhooks.
- Under "Webhooks", locate the webhook you'd like to disable.
- Disable the webhook by either deactivating or deleting it:
- To deactivate the webhook:
- Click Edit.
- Deselect Active.
- Click Update webhook.
- To delete the webhook, click Delete. This action cannot be undone.
- To deactivate the webhook:
Disabling a global webhook for a GitHub Enterprise
Enterprise owners can disable a global webhook in an GitHub Enterprise.
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In the top-right corner of GitHub, click your profile photo, then click Your enterprises.
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In the list of enterprises, click the enterprise you want to view.
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On the left side of the page, in the enterprise account sidebar, click Settings.
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Under " Settings", click Hooks.
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Under "Webhooks", locate the webhook you'd like to disable.
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Disable the webhook by either deactivating or deleting it:
- To deactivate the webhook:
- Click Edit.
- Deselect Active.
- Click Update webhook.
- To delete the webhook, click Delete. This action cannot be undone.
- To deactivate the webhook:
Disabling a GitHub Marketplace webhook
You can deactivate a webhook that was previously enabled for events relating to an app that you published on GitHub Marketplace. You cannot delete the webhook. Only the owner of the app can deactivate the GitHub Marketplace webhook for the app. If an organization has designated any app managers for a GitHub App owned by the organization, the app managers can also deactivate the GitHub Marketplace webhook.
- Navigate to your GitHub Marketplace listing page.
- Next to the GitHub Marketplace listing that you want to view webhook deliveries for, click Manage listing.
- In the sidebar, click Webhook.
- Deselect Active.
- Click Update webhook.
Disabling a GitHub Sponsors webhook
You can disable webhooks that were previously enabled for events relating to GitHub Sponsors. Only the owner of the sponsored account can disable sponsorship webhooks for that account.
- In the upper-right corner of any page, click your profile photo, then click Your sponsors.
- Next to the account you want to edit a webhook for, click Dashboard.
- In the left sidebar, click Webhooks.
- Under "Webhooks", locate the webhook you'd like to disable.
- Disable the webhook by either deactivating or deleting it:
- To deactivate the webhook:
- Click Edit.
- Deselect Active.
- Click Update webhook.
- To delete the webhook, click Delete. This action cannot be undone.
- To deactivate the webhook:
Disabling webhooks for a GitHub App
Each GitHub App has one webhook. You cannot delete the webhook, but you can deactivate the webhook. The owner of a GitHub App can deactivate the webhook the app. If an organization has designated any app managers for a GitHub App owned by the organization, the app managers can also deactivate the webhook for the app.
- In the upper-right corner of any page on GitHub, click your profile photo.
- Navigate to your account settings.
- For an app owned by a personal account, click Settings.
- For an app owned by an organization:
- Click Your organizations.
- To the right of the organization, click Settings.
- In the left sidebar, click Developer settings.
- In the left sidebar, click GitHub Apps.
- Next to the GitHub App that you want to deactivate the webhook for, click Edit.
- Under "Webhook," deselect Active to disable the webhook.
- Click Save changes.