How To Completely Delete Git Tag

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By bhagwatchouhan
How To Completely Delete Git Tag

This post list the commands required to delete a git tag both locally and on the remote server.

 

Delete Tag Locally

 

The git command tag -d can be used to delete a tag locally.

 

# Delete local tag
git tag -d <tag name>

# Example - Delete the local tag alpha1
git tag -d alpha1

 

Delete Tag on Remote Server

 

The git command push can be used to delete a tag on the remote server as shown below for remote server named origin.

 

# Delete remote tag

git push origin :refs/tags/<tag name>
# OR
git push --delete origin <tag name>


# Example - Delete the remote tag alpha1

git push origin :refs/tags/alpha1
# OR
git push --delete origin alpha1

 

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