managing-the-automatic-deletion-of-branches.md

title	Managing the automatic deletion of branches
intro	You can have head branches automatically deleted after pull requests are merged in your repository.
redirect_from	/articles/managing-the-automatic-deletion-of-branches /github/administering-a-repository/managing-the-automatic-deletion-of-branches
versions	fpt ghes ghae * * *
topics	Repositories
shortTitle	Automatic branch deletion

Anyone with admin permissions to a repository can enable or disable the automatic deletion of branches.

{% data reusables.repositories.navigate-to-repo %} {% data reusables.repositories.sidebar-settings %} 3. Under "Merge button", select or unselect Automatically delete head branches.

Further reading

• "Merging a pull request"
• "Creating and deleting branches within your repository" Reference: https://github.com/github/docs/edit/main/content/github/administering-a-repository/configuring-pull-request-merges/managing-the-automatic-deletion-of-branches.md