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shafeeque answered on September 18, 2020 Popularity 9/10 Helpfulness 4/10

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Executive Summary
$ git push -d <remote_name> <branchname>
$ git branch -d <branchname>
Note: In most cases, <remote_name> will be origin.

Delete Local Branch
To delete the local branch use one of the following:

$ git branch -d <branch_name>
$ git branch -D <branch_name>
The -d option is an alias for --delete, which only deletes the branch if it has already been fully merged in its upstream branch.
The -D option is an alias for --delete --force, which deletes the branch "irrespective of its merged status." [Source: man git-branch]
As of Git v2.3, git branch -d (delete) learned to honor the -f (force) flag.
You will receive an error if you try to delete the currently selected branch.
Delete Remote Branch
As of Git v1.7.0, you can delete a remote branch using

$ git push <remote_name> --delete <branch_name>
which might be easier to remember than

$ git push <remote_name> :<branch_name>
which was added in Git v1.5.0 "to delete a remote branch or a tag."

Starting with Git v2.8.0, you can also use git push with the -d option as an alias for --delete. Therefore, the version of Git you have installed will dictate whether you need to use the easier or harder syntax.

Delete Remote Branch [Original Answer from 5-Jan-2010]
From Chapter 3 of Pro Git by Scott Chacon:

Deleting Remote Branches
Suppose you’re done with a remote branch — say, you and your collaborators are finished with a feature and have merged it into your remote’s main branch (or whatever branch your stable code-line is in). You can delete a remote branch using the rather obtuse syntax git push [remotename] :[branch]. If you want to delete your server-fix branch from the server, you run the following:

$ git push origin :serverfix
To git@github.com:schacon/simplegit.git
 - [deleted]         serverfix
Boom. No more branches on your server. You may want to dog-ear this page, because you’ll need that command, and you’ll likely forget the syntax. A way to remember this command is by recalling the git push [remotename] [localbranch]:[remotebranch] syntax that we went over a bit earlier. If you leave off the [localbranch] portion, then you’re basically saying, “Take nothing on my side and make it be [remotebranch].”

I issued git push origin: bugfix and it worked beautifully. Scott Chacon was right—I will want to dog ear that page (or virtually dog ear by answering this on Stack Overflow).

Then you should execute this on other machines

# Fetch changes from all remotes and locally delete 
# remote deleted branches/tags etc
# --prune will do the job :-;
git fetch --all --prune
to propagate changes.

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// Delete branch locally
% git branch -D <branch-name>

// Delete branch remotely
% git push origin --delete <branch-name>

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git push <remote_name> --delete <branch_name>

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# Deleting a local branch doesn't affect a remote branch. To delete a local Git branch, run:
git branch -d [branch_name]
# Use the following syntax to delete a remote Git branch:
git push [remote_project] --delete [branch_name]

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## Delete Branch Locally
git branch -d localBranchName
## Delete Branch Remotely
git push origin --delete remoteBranchName

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Executive Summary
$ git push -d <remote_name> <branchname>
$ git branch -d <branchname>

Delete Local Branch
$ git branch -d <branch_name>
$ git branch -D <branch_name>

Delete Remote Branch
As of Git v1.7.0, you can delete a remote branch using
$ git push <remote_name> --delete <branch_name>
which might be easier to remember than
$ git push <remote_name> :<branch_name>

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// Delete local branch

git branch -d <local_branch_name>


// Delete remote branch

git push origin --delete <remote_branch_name>

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delete branch locally and remotely

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# Delete the branch locally
git branch -d <branch-name>

# Delete the branch remotely
git push origin --delete <branch-name>

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$ git push -d <remote_name> <branchname>
$ git branch -d <branchname>

// In most cases, <remote_name> will be origin.

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$ git branch -D <local-branch>

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