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Managing the automatic deletion of branches
You can have head branches automatically deleted after pull requests are merged in your repository.
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Repositories
Automatic branch deletion

Anyone with admin permissions to a repository can enable or disable the automatic deletion of branches. Branch protection rules and repository rules can also prevent branches being automatically deleted. For more information, see{% ifversion fpt or ghec %} "AUTOTITLE" and{% endif %} "AUTOTITLE."

{% data reusables.repositories.navigate-to-repo %} {% data reusables.repositories.sidebar-settings %}

  1. On the "General" settings page, you can find a section called "Pull Requests". Under "Pull Requests", select or deselect Automatically delete head branches.

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