Patricio Treviño · 21 June, 2018 · 2 min read

Delete a local git branch using the terminal

Syntax

git branch <[-D | -d | --delete]> <branch>

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Option	Description
option	The delete option to be used.
branch	The local branch to be deleted.

Note: valid options are:
-D, forces the deletion of the local branch even if there are pending merges.
-d, is a synonym of --delete.
--delete, deletes the local branch with no pending merges.

Example

      
        # deletes local branch "my-branch"
      
        git branch --delete my-branch
      
        # same as above
      
        git branch -d my-branch
      
        # forces the deletion of the local branch "my-branch"
      
        git branch -D my-branch

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References

git-branch

	# deletes local branch "my-branch"
	git branch --delete my-branch

	# same as above
	git branch -d my-branch

	# forces the deletion of the local branch "my-branch"
	git branch -D my-branch