How to delete a forked GitHub repository?

Deleting a forked GitHub repository is the same as deleting a normal GitHub repository. Please follow the below steps to delete a forked GitHub repository.

Note: Deleting a forked repo does not affect the original repository from where it’s being forked.

Click to your repository for example yourUsername/yourRepository for example mbaric/zpropertyz.

Then in the main toolbar of GitHub click on Settings

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Click on the “Options”.

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Scroll to the bottom of the page to the section called Danger Zone and you will find Delete this repository button.

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When you click it another pop up will appear here you need to type in your Github username and the name of your repository in this format gitHubUsername/nameOfTheRepository and click on the button below which says: I understand the consequences, delete the repository.

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