Delete a label

DELETE/repos/{owner}/{name}/labels/{label}

It is taken off every issue and pull request that carries it, without events for each. Needs the Write role or higher; applying labels and milestones needs Triage.

• Authentication: Required. Send an access token as Authorization: Bearer.
• MCP tool: repository with action delete_label, and the same inputs
• Scope: An access token needs issues:write.

Path parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
owner	string	Yes	The workspace that owns the repository.
name	string	Yes	The repository’s name.
label	string	Yes	The label’s name, e.g. “good first issue”. URL-encode spaces in the path.

Example request

curl -X DELETE https://api.g1t.sh/repos/flagon-io/hello/labels/wontfix \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $G1T_TOKEN"

Example response

A successful request answers 200 with:

true

Errors

A failed request answers with one of these statuses and a body like {"error": {"code": "not_found", "message": "Repository not found."}}. See errors.

Status	Code	When
401	unauthenticated	A token is required, or the one sent is not valid.
403	forbidden	The token is valid but not allowed to do this, such as a member-only change or an agent token outside its repository.
404	not_found	It does not exist, or you cannot see it.
409	conflict	The request conflicts with the current state.
422	invalid	The input is not valid. message says which field and why.