How do I delete a Git branch locally and remotely?

Asked 2023-09-20 19:52:47 View 930,116

Failed Attempts to Delete a Remote Branch:

$ git branch -d remotes/origin/bugfix
error: branch 'remotes/origin/bugfix' not found.

$ git branch -d origin/bugfix
error: branch 'origin/bugfix' not found.

$ git branch -rd origin/bugfix
Deleted remote branch origin/bugfix (was 2a14ef7).

$ git push
Everything up-to-date

$ git pull
From github.com:gituser/gitproject

* [new branch] bugfix -> origin/bugfix
Already up-to-date.

How do I properly delete the remotes/origin/bugfix branch both locally and remotely?

  • Moderator note: If you intend to answer this question, do note that there are already 40 answers posted. Will your new answer add any substantial value? - anyone
  • Note: for Git 2.5+ (Q2 2015), the exact message will be "deleted remote-tracking branch": see github.com/git/git/commit/… - anyone
  • Skip the first few answers and just jump down to the best one: stackoverflow.com/a/23961231/4561887. To delete a git branch, there are actually 3 different branches to delete! This answer makes that fact clear. - anyone
  • @GabrielStaples Without context, your comment is confusing. Are the "best" rated answers wrong somehow? - anyone
  • @Nathan, no, they're not wrong, but they don't teach what you don't know you don't know, whereas the one I link to makes this critical unknown unknown become a known unknown and then a known known. I didn't know you had a 1) local branch, 2) locally-stored remote-tracking branch, and 3) remote branch until I read that answer. Prior to that I thought there was only a local branch and remote branch. The locally-stored remote-tracking branch was an unknown unknown. Making it go from that to a known known is what makes that answer the best. - anyone

Answers

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 serverfix 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 ran 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).

Finally, execute the following on other machines to propagate changes:

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

Answered   2023-09-20 19:52:47

  • Don't forget to do a git fetch --all --prune on other machines after deleting the remote branch on the server. ||| After deleting the local branch with git branch -d and deleting the remote branch with git push origin --delete other machines may still have "obsolete tracking branches" (to see them do git branch -a). To get rid of these do git fetch --all --prune. - anyone
  • in addition to @TrevorBoydSmith's git branch -a to view all branches, you can also use git branch -r to view remote branches only. see also git remote show origin - source: gitready.com/intermediate/2009/02/13/list-remote-branches.html - anyone
  • I had to run git branch -D Branch_Name to get rid of the local branch - anyone
  • @KolobCanyon You only have to use -D if the branch has not been merged into another branch. - anyone
  • The question was "What do I need to do differently to successfully delete the remotes/origin/bugfix branch both locally and on GitHub?" After running the commands in your updated answer, the local branch is still present. It would be nice if the accepted answer was a complete answer. Its absolutely amazing at how difficult Git makes simple tasks... - anyone

Matthew’s answer is great for removing remote branches and I also appreciate the explanation, but to make a simple distinction between the two commands:

  • to remove a local branch from your machine: git branch -d {local_branch} (use -D instead to force deleting the branch without checking merged status);

  • to remove a remote branch from the server: git push origin -d {remote_branch}.

Reference: Git: Delete a branch (local or remote).

Answered   2023-09-20 19:52:47

  • @megido well -D force deletes, -d gives you a warning if it's not already merged in. - anyone
  • If your local branch is not merge with master and ran 'git branch -d your_branch then you will error like error: The branch 'your_branch' is not fully merged. If you are sure you want to delete it, run 'git branch -D your_branch'. - anyone
  • I would suggest using -d instead of -D because it is safer. If -d fails due to unmerged commits then you need to assess that and if it is definitely OK to remove then use -D. - anyone
  • Others with repository clones where remote branches have been removed should run git remote prune <name> (e.g. git remote prune origin) in order to locally remove stale branches that no longer exist in the remote. - anyone
  • I would like to add that -d gives a warning if it isn't merged in with the current HEAD. If you need clarity I recommend this command git branch -a --merged origin/master It will list any branches, both local and remote; that have been merged into master. Additional information here - anyone

The short answers

If you want more detailed explanations of the following commands, then see the long answers in the next section.

Deleting a remote branch

git push origin --delete <branch>  # Git version 1.7.0 or newer
git push origin -d <branch>        # Shorter version (Git 1.7.0 or newer)
git push origin :<branch>          # Git versions older than 1.7.0

Deleting a local branch

git branch --delete <branch>
git branch -d <branch> # Shorter version
git branch -D <branch> # Force-delete un-merged branches

Deleting a local remote-tracking branch

git branch --delete --remotes <remote>/<branch>
git branch -dr <remote>/<branch> # Shorter

git fetch <remote> --prune # Delete multiple obsolete remote-tracking branches
git fetch <remote> -p      # Shorter

The long answer: there are three different branches to delete!

When you're dealing with deleting branches both locally and remotely, keep in mind that there are three different branches involved:

  1. The local branch X.
  2. The remote origin branch X.
  3. The local remote-tracking branch origin/X that tracks the remote branch X.

Visualization of three branches

The original poster used:

git branch -rd origin/bugfix

Which only deleted his local remote-tracking branch origin/bugfix, and not the actual remote branch bugfix on origin.

Diagram 2

To delete that actual remote branch, you need

git push origin --delete bugfix

Diagram 3

Additional details

The following sections describe additional details to consider when deleting your remote and remote-tracking branches.

Pushing to delete remote branches also removes remote-tracking branches

Note that deleting the remote branch X from the command line using a git push will also remove the local remote-tracking branch origin/X, so it is not necessary to prune the obsolete remote-tracking branch with git fetch --prune or git fetch -p. However, it wouldn't hurt if you did it anyway.

You can verify that the remote-tracking branch origin/X was also deleted by running the following:

# View just remote-tracking branches
git branch --remotes
git branch -r

# View both strictly local as well as remote-tracking branches
git branch --all
git branch -a

Pruning the obsolete local remote-tracking branch origin/X

If you didn't delete your remote branch X from the command line (like above), then your local repository will still contain (a now obsolete) remote-tracking branch origin/X. This can happen if you deleted a remote branch directly through GitHub's web interface, for example.

A typical way to remove these obsolete remote-tracking branches (since Git version 1.6.6) is to simply run git fetch with the --prune or shorter -p. Note that this removes all obsolete local remote-tracking branches for any remote branches that no longer exist on the remote:

git fetch origin --prune
git fetch origin -p # Shorter

Here is the relevant quote from the 1.6.6 release notes (emphasis mine):

"git fetch" learned --all and --multiple options, to run fetch from many repositories, and --prune option to remove remote tracking branches that went stale. These make "git remote update" and "git remote prune" less necessary (there is no plan to remove "remote update" nor "remote prune", though).

Alternative to above automatic pruning for obsolete remote-tracking branches

Alternatively, instead of pruning your obsolete local remote-tracking branches through git fetch -p, you can avoid making the extra network operation by just manually removing the branch(es) with the --remotes or -r flags:

git branch --delete --remotes origin/X
git branch -dr origin/X # Shorter

See Also

Answered   2023-09-20 19:52:47

  • @huggie that's pretty much correct. Branches in Git are just bookmarks attached to commits. So in my graphs above, there are X and origin/X bookmarks in the local clone (2 branches), and then there is X on the remote (making 3 branches). - anyone
  • +1 for the remote tracking branch. This branch is what causes issues when you clone someone else's branch. It keeps on tracking your commits and asking you if you want to push to that person's branch. - anyone
  • For the sake of future readers: What @Kermit_ice_tea is talking about above is a local branch (as described in this answer), not a remote-tracking branch. When a local branch has an "upstream branch" configured for it, it will by default pull from and push to that remote branch. A local branch that has an "upstream branch" set on it is referred to as a "tracking branch", so it's easy to confuse with remote-tracking branches due to the similar terminology. - anyone
  • I've read all the answers down to here and this is for sure the best answer I've read so far!--(and probably the best one on this page, period). This is especially true because it's the only answer which states this REALLY IMPORTANT fact that I never knew before: "there are 3 different branches to delete!" I had no idea! This all makes so much more sense now, and it sheds so much light on all the other answers here now too. Thanks! - anyone
  • It should be noted that running git push origin --delete <branch>, as far as I can tell, ALSO deletes the locally-stored remote-tracking branch named origin/branch. So, to delete the remote branch AND locally-stored remote-tracking branch in one command, just use git push origin --delete <branch>. Then, you just need to delete the local branch with git branch -D branch. That covers the deletion of all 3 branches with only 2 commands. - anyone

Steps for deleting a branch:

For deleting the remote branch:

git push origin --delete <your_branch>

For deleting the local branch, you have three ways:

1: git branch -D <branch_name>

2: git branch --delete --force <branch_name>  # Same as -D

3: git branch --delete  <branch_name>         # Error on unmerge

Explain: OK, just explain what's going on here!

Simply do git push origin --delete to delete your remote branch only, add the name of the branch at the end and this will delete and push it to remote at the same time...

Also, git branch -D, which simply delete the local branch only!...

-D stands for --delete --force which will delete the branch even it's not merged (force delete), but you can also use -d which stands for --delete which throw an error respective of the branch merge status...

I also create the image below to show the steps:

Delete a remote and local branch in git

Answered   2023-09-20 19:52:47

  • git branch -a will display local and remote branches.It will be help for you diagram introduce. - anyone
  • note that if you are setting on the branch you want to delete, you need to checkout a branch other than the one you need to delete (eg: master) before deleting the local branch. - anyone
  • When branches get deleted on origin, your local repository won't take notice of that. You'll still have your locally cached versions of those branches (which is actually good) but git branch -a will still list them as remote branches. You can clean up that information locally like this: git remote prune origin Your local copies of deleted branches are not removed by this. The same effect is achieved by using git fetch --prune - anyone
  • The image is distracting and very large and adds nothing to the answer. I hope this does not become a trend on SO. - anyone
  • Just to record the opposite point of view. I find the image very helpful. - anyone

You can also use the following to delete the remote branch

git push --delete origin serverfix

Which does the same thing as

git push origin :serverfix

but it may be easier to remember.

Answered   2023-09-20 19:52:47

  • ...and safer to use :O - anyone
  • You forgot the part about deleting the local branch which can be done by: git branch -d <local_branch> or git branch -D <local_branch> for force deleting - anyone

It's very simple:

To delete the remote branch

git push -d origin <branch-name>

Or

git push origin :<branch-name>

-- You can also delete tags with this syntax

To forcefully delete local branch

git branch -D <branch-name>

Note: do a git fetch --all --prune on other machines after deleting remote branch, to remove obsolete tracking branches.

Example

to remove local branch

git branch -D my-local-branch

to remove remote branch

git push origin :my-remote-branch

With the new version of git, its also possible to remove branch with

git push origin --delete <branch_name>

TIP: if you want to see all available branches you can use git branch -a,

and to see just remote branches, you can use git branch -r

Answered   2023-09-20 19:52:47

  • I needed to use --delete instead of -d to delete remote branch. - anyone
  • -d option is an alias for --delete and if --delete work then -d should also work, if you forcefully want to delete a branch you can use -D instead of -d or --delete. - anyone
  • -d does not work for me. The terminal tell me to use -D instead - anyone

Tip: When you delete branches using

git branch -d <branchname> # Deletes local branch

or

git push origin :<branchname> # Deletes remote branch

only the references are deleted. Even though the branch is actually removed on the remote, the references to it still exists in the local repositories of your team members. This means that for other team members the deleted branches are still visible when they do a git branch -a.

To solve this, your team members can prune the deleted branches with

git remote prune <repository>

This is typically git remote prune origin.

Answered   2023-09-20 19:52:47

  • You should clarify that the above git push operation deletes the local branch and the remote branch. - anyone
  • Note that git remote prune is a somewhat obsolete way to remove obsolete remote-tracking branches, the newer way to do it is to use git fetch --prune or git fetch -p. - anyone
  • @RRMadhav, indeed you won't see the deleted branch after deleting it since the reference to the remote branch will be removed for you locally. Anyone else on your team that has checked out that branch will still have that reference and will still see it unless they prune the branch. - anyone

If you want to delete a branch, first checkout to the branch other than the branch to be deleted.

git checkout other_than_branch_to_be_deleted

Deleting the local branch:

git branch -D branch_to_be_deleted

Deleting the remote branch:

git push origin --delete branch_to_be_deleted

Answered   2023-09-20 19:52:47

  • this answer ought to be chosen answer as it contains a vital info that is missed in most of all the answers that is, to delete the branch, you have to be in other_than_branch_to_be_deleted. I kept getting errors while on the same branch. - anyone
git branch -D <name-of-branch>
git branch -D -r origin/<name-of-branch>
git push origin :<name-of-branch>

Answered   2023-09-20 19:52:47

  • Note that -D forces the deletion. It's always better to use -d, which will remind if you need to do something dangerous. - anyone
  • ahahah :) it's up to you: use -d if you want to see git crying or -D if you want to cry. - anyone

This is simple: Just run the following command:

To delete a Git branch both locally and remotely, first delete the local branch using this command:

git branch -d example

(Here example is the branch name.)

And after that, delete the remote branch using this command:

git push origin :example

Answered   2023-09-20 19:52:47

Another approach is:

git push --prune origin

WARNING: This will delete all remote branches that do not exist locally. Or more comprehensively,

git push --mirror

will effectively make the remote repository look like the local copy of the repository (local heads, remotes and tags are mirrored on remote).

Answered   2023-09-20 19:52:47

  • git push --prune origin didn't do anything for me on gitlab: git clone git://repo.git; git branch -d -r origin/some-branches; git push --prune origin; yields: Everything up-to-date; git fetch; brings locally deleted branches back; git push --mirror; now they are really gone! - anyone

I use the following in my Bash settings:

alias git-shoot="git push origin --delete"

Then you can call:

git-shoot branchname

Answered   2023-09-20 19:52:47

  • I ended up just add the alias "shoot" into my .gitconfig shoot = push origin --delete - anyone
  • If your origin is a Atlassian Stash and the branch is set as the default, you will get an error "By default, deleting the current branch is denied...". I had to change the default branch in Stash to point to another branch before I could delete. - anyone
  • This is perfectly simple as you've done it, but fyi git also lets you make custom commands. Put git push origin --delete $1 in a file on your path called git-shoot and git shoot branchname will work too. - anyone

Delete locally:

To delete a local branch, you can use:

git branch -d <branch_name>

To delete a branch forcibly, use -D instead of -d.

git branch -D <branch_name>

Delete remotely:

There are two options:

git push origin :branchname

git push origin --delete branchname

I would suggest you use the second way as it is more intuitive.

Answered   2023-09-20 19:52:47

If you want to complete both these steps with a single command, you can make an alias for it by adding the below to your ~/.gitconfig:

[alias]
    rmbranch = "!f(){ git branch -d ${1} && git push origin --delete ${1}; };f"

Alternatively, you can add this to your global configuration from the command line using

git config --global alias.rmbranch \
'!f(){ git branch -d ${1} && git push origin --delete ${1}; };f'

NOTE: If using -d (lowercase d), the branch will only be deleted if it has been merged. To force the delete to happen, you will need to use -D (uppercase D).

Answered   2023-09-20 19:52:47

  • This is what I was looking for. My own shell function alias didn't work (Unexpected EOF) and I couldn't figure out why, but this works great! The only change I made was replacing && with ; so that even if the first command fails the second will still execute (sometimes only local or only remote exists). - anyone

Since January 2013, GitHub included a Delete branch button next to each branch in your "Branches" page.

Relevant blog post: Create and delete branches

Answered   2023-09-20 19:52:47

  • I only started using Github this year, so I was wondering why this was such a highly rated question, and why none of the top answers were suggesting to just delete it from the Github web interface! Interesting that it's only a recent addition. - anyone
  • I was going to point this one out. Note that the button won't delete your local branch... see this answer for how to do that: stackoverflow.com/a/10999165/901641 - anyone

To delete your branch locally and remotely

  • Checkout to master branch - git checkout master

  • Delete your remote branch - git push origin --delete <branch-name>

  • Delete your local branch - git branch --delete <branch-name>

Answered   2023-09-20 19:52:47

You can also do this using git remote prune origin

$ git remote prune origin
Pruning origin
URL: git@example.com/yourrepo.git
 * [pruned] origin/some-branchs

It prunes and deletes remote-tracking branches from a git branch -r listing.

Answered   2023-09-20 19:52:47

In addition to the other answers, I often use the git_remote_branch tool. It's an extra install, but it gets you a convenient way to interact with remote branches. In this case, to delete:

grb delete branch

I find that I also use the publish and track commands quite often.

Answered   2023-09-20 19:52:47

A one-liner command to delete both local, and remote:

D=branch-name; git branch -D $D; git push origin :$D

Or add the alias below to your ~/.gitconfig. Usage: git kill branch-name

[alias]
    kill = "!f(){ git branch -D \"$1\";  git push origin --delete \"$1\"; };f"

Answered   2023-09-20 19:52:47

  • ⚠️ Use git branch -D carefully in a script, since it force-deletes a branch without checking it has been merged. Use -d to be safe. - anyone

Deleting Branches

Let's assume our work on branch "contact-form" is done and we've already integrated it into "master". Since we don't need it anymore, we can delete it (locally):

$ git branch -d contact-form

And for deleting the remote branch:

git push origin --delete contact-form

Answered   2023-09-20 19:52:47

To delete locally - (normal)

git branch -d my_branch

If your branch is in a rebasing/merging progress and that was not done properly, it means you will get an error, Rebase/Merge in progress, so in that case, you won't be able to delete your branch.

So either you need to solve the rebasing/merging. Otherwise, you can do force delete by using,

git branch -D my_branch

To delete in remote:

git push --delete origin my_branch

You can do the same using:

git push origin :my_branch   # Easy to remember both will do the same.

Graphical representation:

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Answered   2023-09-20 19:52:47

Delete remote branch

git push origin :<branchname>

Delete local branch

git branch -D <branchname>

Delete local branch steps:

  1. checkout to another branch
  2. delete local branch

Answered   2023-09-20 19:52:47

  • Does the remote branch deletion requires "git push" afterwards ? - anyone
  • @SamithaChathuranga no, git push origin :<branchname> already pushes an 'empty` branch to the remote (hence deletes the remote branch) - anyone

Simply say:

git branch -d <branch-name>
git push origin :<branch-name>

Answered   2023-09-20 19:52:47

  • This works if its your own branch. But if you are pruning all unneeded branches in the repo (some of which aren't yours) it wouldn't suffice - anyone

Now you can do it with the GitHub Desktop application.

After launching the application

  1. Click on the project containing the branch
  2. Switch to the branch you would like to delete

    Switching branch

  3. From the "Branch" menu, select, "Unpublish...", to have the branch deleted from the GitHub servers.

    Unpublish branch

  4. From the "Branch" menu, select, 'Delete "branch_name"...', to have the branch deleted off of your local machine (AKA the machine you are currently working on)

    Delete local branch

Answered   2023-09-20 19:52:47

  • I didn't downvote, but my thinking is that it isn't substantively helping. The question is obviously asking for a more commandline type answer without having to use an external program, if people were clicking into here, they likely won't be looking for a github for desktop ways. - anyone
  • @Daemedeor , I dissagree. In 2010 when the OP asked the question, the UI way of doing it didn't exist and the only option was command line. To indicate that you want a command line only option it should be stated in the question or with the tag, command-line-interface, which in this case is no present. - anyone
  • The git command for deleting a remote branch sucks and I tend to forget it (both new and old). Luckily there are GUI tools that have the option. Git Gui, TortoiseGit and GitHub Desktop have it - I wish Git Extensions had this functionality too. Anyway, what I remember is to start Git Gui from within Git Extensions when I need to delete a remote branch. - anyone
git push origin --delete <branch Name>

is easier to remember than

git push origin :branchName

Answered   2023-09-20 19:52:47

This won't work if you have a tag with the same name as the branch on the remote:

$ git push origin :branch-or-tag-name
error: dst refspec branch-or-tag-name matches more than one.
error: failed to push some refs to 'git@github.com:SomeName/some-repo.git'

In that case you need to specify that you want to delete the branch, not the tag:

git push origin :refs/heads/branch-or-tag-name

Similarly, to delete the tag instead of the branch you would use:

git push origin :refs/tags/branch-or-tag-name

Answered   2023-09-20 19:52:47

  • This is fine, but people really shouldn't be naming their branches and tags with the same name and same naming scheme in the first place. - anyone
  • Well, my scenario was that I was converting a branch to a tag and it made sense for the tag to have the same name as the branch. By converting I mean merging branch B to A and tagging the last commit in branch B with tag B so that after deleting branch B it can still be easily restored by simply checking out tag B. - anyone
  • More on the : and why it deletes - anyone
  • I get still the same error error: failed to push some refs to 'https://github.com/tik9/tik9.github.io' when git push origin :refs/heads/main. Probably github is the culprit. - anyone
  • It does not delete the remote branch, I get remote: ! Push rejected, cannot delete main branch - anyone

Many of the other answers will lead to errors/warnings. This approach is relatively fool proof although you may still need git branch -D branch_to_delete if it's not fully merged into some_other_branch, for example.

git checkout some_other_branch
git push origin :branch_to_delete
git branch -d branch_to_delete

Remote pruning isn't needed if you deleted the remote branch. It's only used to get the most up-to-date remotes available on a repository you're tracking. I've observed git fetch will add remotes, not remove them. Here's an example of when git remote prune origin will actually do something:

User A does the steps above. User B would run the following commands to see the most up-to-date remote branches:

git fetch
git remote prune origin
git branch -r

Answered   2023-09-20 19:52:47

According to the latest document using a terminal we can delete in the following way.

Delete in local:

git branch -D usermanagement

Delete in remote location:

git push --delete origin usermanagement

Answered   2023-09-20 19:52:47

  • I really have no idea why git command is so inconsistent and unintuitive to remember. Looks at the deletion, one is -D, another one is -d|--delete - anyone
  • In git version 2.25.1, git branch also has -d, --delete option. -D is shortcut for --delete --force. - anyone

I got sick of googling for this answer, so I took a similar approach to the answer that crizCraig posted earlier.

I added the following to my Bash profile:

function gitdelete(){
    git push origin --delete $1
    git branch -D $1
}

Then every time I'm done with a branch (merged into master, for example) I run the following in my terminal:

gitdelete my-branch-name

...which then deletes my-branch-name from origin as as well as locally.

Answered   2023-09-20 19:52:47

  • expanding on this, --delete "$@" and -D "$@" instead of $1 will handle it for multiple branches. - anyone
  • I suggest running git branch -d (with lowercase 'd') first to ensure changes have been merged, and then push if successful (put && in between commands) - anyone

Use:

git push origin :bugfix  # Deletes remote branch
git branch -d bugfix     # Must delete local branch manually

If you are sure you want to delete it, run

git branch -D bugfix

Now to clean up deleted remote branches run

git remote prune origin

Answered   2023-09-20 19:52:47