issues

Remove a label from an issue

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Removes the specified label from the issue, and returns the remaining labels on the issue. This endpoint returns a 404 Not Found status if the label does not exist.

delete/repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/{issue_number}/labels/{name}

Request

  • Base URL: https://api.github.com
  • URL: https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/{issue_number}/labels/{name}
  • Auth: none declared

Path parameters

ownerstring required

The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.

repostring required

The name of the repository without the .git extension. The name is not case sensitive.

issue_numberinteger required

The number that identifies the issue.

namestring required

Response

Response

idinteger required

Unique identifier for the label.

node_idstring required
urlstring uri required

URL for the label

namestring required

The name of the label.

descriptionstring nullable required

Optional description of the label, such as its purpose.

colorstring required

6-character hex code, without the leading #, identifying the color

defaultboolean required

Whether this label comes by default in a new repository.

archived_atstring date-time nullable required

Timestamp indicating when the label was archived, or null if it has not been archived.

Example response

[
  {
    "id": 208045946,
    "node_id": "MDU6TGFiZWwyMDgwNDU5NDY=",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repositories/42/labels/bug",
    "name": "bug",
    "description": "Something isn't working",
    "color": "FFFFFF",
    "default": true,
    "archived_at": "2023-01-01T12:00:00Z",
    "archived_by": {
      "login": "octocat",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
      "gravatar_id": "41d064eb2195891e12d0413f63227ea7",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "starred_at": "\"2020-07-09T00:17:55Z\"",
      "user_view_type": "public"
    }
  }
]

Changes

  • 2026-03-106ea91bcbb8e2Revision changes
    • info

      added the required property / to the response with the status

    • info

      added the required property / to the response with the status