GH-GIST-DELETE(1)

💅 GH-GIST-DELETE(1) — the GitHub CLI manual, bestie edition 🎀

okay so you want to delete a gist. iconic. let's get into it ✨ (this is the gh-gist-delete page from the GitHub CLI manual, and yes i'm gonna hold your hand through every bit of it 🫶)

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🌸 NAME 🌸

gh-gist-delete — literally just: delete a gist 💀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

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

so it's gh gist delete and then either the id or the url, and flags are optional, mwah 💖

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

You're deleting a GitHub gist. That's the whole vibe. Poof, gone 🧚

Wanna do it interactively? Just run gh gist delete with no arguments at all and it'll walk you through it, no cap 🙈

Wanna do it non-interactively (aka you already know exactly what you're doing, main character energy)? Then supply the gist id or url and it just goes 🔥

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💅 OPTIONS 💅

• --yes — confirms the deletion without prompting you. no little "are you sure?" moment, it just sends it. use it when you're certain, bestie 👑

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🌈 EXIT CODES 🌈

vibe check results, lowkey:

• 0 — successful execution ⭐ slay, it worked
• 1 — error 😭 something went wrong
• 2 — command canceled 🙈 you (or the prompt) backed out
• 4 — authentication required 🔐 like, log in first babes

NOTE: specific commands may have additional exit codes. refer to the command's help for more info, iykyk 💜

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🍓 EXAMPLE 🍓

# Delete a gist interactively
$ gh gist delete

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

first one's the chill "let me ask you some stuff" version, second one's the "i know the id, i'm built different" version 💅✨

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• gh-gist(1) — the whole gist family, go say hi 🫶

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and that's the tea 🎀 this lil masterpiece is from GitHub CLI v2.102.0, dated Oct 2026 — periodt 💖