Disabling webhooks

You can disable a webhook to unsubscribe from events that occur on GitHub.

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About disabling webhooks

You can disable a webhook that was previously enabled for a repository, organization, GitHub Enterprise, or GitHub App.

To disable a webhook, you can choose to deactivate or delete it. When you deactivate a webhook, the webhook deliveries will stop, and you can choose to reactivate the webhook at a later time. When you delete a webhook, it cannot be restored.

For more information, see About webhooks and Creating webhooks.

Disabling a repository webhook

To disable a repository webhook, you can deactivate or delete it. You must be a repository owner, or have admin access in the repository, to disable webhooks.

You can use the GitHub web interface or the REST API to delete a webhook for a repository. For more information about using the REST API to delete a repository webhook, see REST API endpoints for repository webhooks.

  1. On GitHub, navigate to the main page of the repository.

  2. Under your repository name, click Settings. If you cannot see the "Settings" tab, select the dropdown menu, then click Settings.

    Screenshot of a repository header showing the tabs. The "Settings" tab is highlighted by a dark orange outline.

  3. In the left sidebar, click