gh-gist-delete(1)

gh-gist-delete1

Delete a gist

Usage

gh gist delete {<id> | <url>} [flags]

Overview

Delete a GitHub gist.

To delete a gist interactively, use gh gist delete with no arguments.

To delete a gist non-interactively, supply the gist id or url.

Options

--yes

Confirm deletion without prompting

Exit status

0: Successful execution

1: Error

2: Command canceled

4: Authentication required

NOTE: Specific commands may have additional exit codes. Refer to the command's help for more information.

Examples

# Delete a gist interactively
$ gh gist delete
# Delete a gist non-interactively
$ gh gist delete 1234

Releases

3 releases since Debian 12 (Bookworm); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 12
  2. 13
  3. Arch

--yes since Arch Linux 2026-11-01.

From github-cli 2.102.1-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.