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Delete / remove an issue completely. #253
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SO 93 upvotes: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3081521/removing-github-issues . Seems impossible today. As pointed by CommuSoft there, might be illegal in Europe =)
E.g.: I was doing two things at the same time and created an issue on the bad repo: markdownlint/markdownlint#46
https://github.com/jdennes replied:
Thanks for the suggestion. It's only possible to edit/clear the issue content currently. However I've added a +1 to this suggestion on our internal Feature Request List.
Likely GitHub does not implement this because then the asker would be able to remove useful answers from other people (but as usual GitHub is very secretive and does not give us rationale). There are two possibilities to reduce that concern:
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allow project admins to do it only as proposed on GitLab: http://feedback.gitlab.com/forums/176466-general/suggestions/6584418-remove-issues-and-milestones
This should definitely be allowed, considering that the owner can already destroy the entire repo in one go...
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allow OP to remove it if there are no answers somewhat like Stack Overflow: http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5221/how-does-deleting-work-what-can-cause-a-post-to-be-deleted-and-what-does-that
I don't see why not, and would solve many cases.
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LeartS commentedon Oct 25, 2014
Seconded, it would be an useful feature.
For example, I had two tabs open on two different github repos (one of which was mine) and I created an issue on the wrong one (mine), and now I have no ways to delete it even though I am both the only repo admin and the one who opened the issue.
sashahart commentedon Oct 31, 2014
This limitation provides no way to deal with abuse/spam except to edit everything every time. It's really not okay and makes me have to disable github issues entirely. At that point I begin to question why the repo is on github if I am going to have to use a different ticket system to get around this.
rudy6912 commentedon Nov 19, 2014
+1
lfolco commentedon Nov 22, 2014
it's kind of crazy that this is not possible. might have to look at another ticket system?
FichteFoll commentedon Nov 27, 2014
Since repo owners or collaborators can already edit another user's comment (and even delete), I don't see how this could affect the decision.
jwerre commentedon Dec 5, 2014
+1
TimWolla commentedon Dec 13, 2014
👍
rfabbri commentedon Dec 17, 2014
my private personal info almost showed up on Issues by accident through faulty automated email hooks.. gave me the chills when I realized that if that happened, I would never be able to delete it except by flooding staff with desperate requests.
jrgtt commentedon Dec 19, 2014
+1
wmantly commentedon Dec 19, 2014
+1
ben432rew commentedon Dec 19, 2014
+1
iamareyes commentedon Dec 19, 2014
+1
milovanderlinden commentedon Dec 19, 2014
+1
elifoster commentedon Dec 20, 2014
+1
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jshwhitlow commentedon Apr 6, 2020
Issues CAN be deleted now, this was implemented, as per the tag shows on this issue.
kaitlynbrown commentedon Apr 9, 2020
@jshwhitlow nobody has replied to this issue in a year, so who are you even talking to? Please don't necro old issues and trigger notifications to everyone following it for no reason.
jbruchon commentedon Apr 10, 2020
@kaitlynbrown It appears that the person @jshwhitlow was responding to deleted their (really stupid) comments. They were threatening to sue GitHub if they could not remove sensitive data, to which @jshwhitlow responded that they already could. Apparently they were enlightened and realized that they were making a fool of themselves and tossed their replies. If you are subscribed to this thread, you should have received copies of those ridiculous posts.
@isaacs Would you be willing to please lock the thread since there is no value in further discussion here?
Neustradamus commentedon Apr 11, 2020
It is in Beta currently, in organization options (with NAME = the organization):
-> "Issue deletion"
jbruchon commentedon Apr 11, 2020
@dsfsvsdva The person deleted their posts. Maybe you should learn to read before you make an ass of yourself in public.
...oh! It was YOU! Here, I'll publish the things you deleted so @kaitlynbrown and others can see them. Hot from my trash file:
will-iamalpine commentedon Sep 25, 2020
...can't we now just delete this issue?
aeharake commentedon Mar 11, 2021
or at least, if GitHub doesn't want to permanently delete the issue,
then it can simply make it only visible for admins after deleting it. Like that, the source of truth is never tampered or hidden, as admins can still see the "truth".
grahamperrin commentedon Mar 12, 2021
I gleefully allowed my e-mail inbox to stockpile (without reading) notifications for this issue from the past year or so. What fun to speed read them all in one go.
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owocado commentedon Mar 13, 2021
Right now, it only allows you to delete an issue if you are repo owner but doesn't allow you if you're issue author and not repo owner. Github should allow you to delete your own issue you created even if you're not the repo owner because you are issue author and you should have the right to delete your own issue you created.
reesericci commentedon Apr 16, 2021
^ this
nikitasius commentedon Apr 16, 2021
@jenkins420 nope, you can't delete an issue if the issue have at least 1 reply. This is better way.
sthyregod commentedon Aug 6, 2021
It might go against GDPR regulations though under the broadly applicable 'right to erasure':
(emphasis added)
nikitasius commentedon Aug 6, 2021
@sthyregod
read better this text:
Issue does not contain the personal data. Issue contain only issue-related data. Only @github concerned by GDPR due it store emails, names and other personal data.
Next time read better the laws!
sthyregod commentedon Aug 6, 2021
A comment can very much be 'data concerning him or her'.
I've had a similar case as the one referenced in case C-434/16.
Here premise 42 states:
And this is just a comment made by another person about the data subject. As a precedence has been set for this I expect that the EU would similarly rule that comments made by a data subject is covered as personal data concerning the subject.
nikitasius commentedon Aug 6, 2021
@sthyregod in case of
information relating to that candidatelet the candidate (=user who made an issue) to delete own issues.This topic started about 2 ways:
Some time after many not so adequate folks turned it into kind of shit "let the repositary owner to delete all issues".
If the user want to delete his own issue he made - let him to delete the information he wrote. W/O touching the information (=posts) made by other folks, due he does not own this information (=replies) and he don't have a right to decide at the place of another people.