How to delete a gist on GitHub?

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Svish picture Svish · Aug 21, 2011 · Viewed 14.5k times · Source

Is there a way I can remove a gist on GitHub? Created a gist earlier, but don't really want it there anymore.

Answer

Mark Longair picture Mark Longair · Aug 21, 2011

Currently:

There's a "delete" button at the top of each gist now:

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Previously...

Previously there was "delete this gist" link at the bottom of the gist's page, as below - thanks to Daniel Smith for pointing out in the comments below that this has been changed.

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