Patricio Treviño · 21 June, 2018 · 1 min read

Delete a local and remote git branch using the terminal

Syntax

git branch <[-dr | --delete --remotes]> <remote>/<branch>

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Option	Description
remote	The remote to be used.
branch	The remote branch to be deleted.

Note: valid options are:
-dr, is a synonym of --delete --remotes
--delete, deletes the local branch with no pending merges.
--remotes, tells git to delete the remote tracking branch too.

Example

      
        # deletes remote and local branch "my-branch"
      
        git branch --delete --remotes origin/my-branch
      
        # same as above
      
        git branch -dr origin/my-branch

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References

git-branch

	# deletes remote and local branch "my-branch"
	git branch --delete --remotes origin/my-branch

	# same as above
	git branch -dr origin/my-branch