---
title: "Delete a release"
method: DELETE
path: "/repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases/{release_id}"
tags: ["repos"]
---

# Delete a release

`DELETE /repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases/{release_id}`

Users with push access to the repository can delete a release.

## Path parameters

- `owner` string, required
- `repo` string, required
- `release_id` integer, required

## Response `204`

Response

## Other responses

- `404` — Resource not found

## Changes

- **2026-03-25** (2022-11-28) `80400872d17b` — 1 info
  - added the non-success response with the status `404`

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/github/apis/enterprise-cloud/changes/repos/:owner/:repo/releases/:release_id/delete.md)

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