# Unlink a package from its repository

> Unlink a package from its repository: it is then the workspace's, private until someone makes it public, and the repository's workflows lose their access unless it is added under Manage Actions access.

<div class="g1t-endpoint"><span class="g1t-method" data-method="delete">DELETE</span><code>/workspaces/{workspace}/packages/{package_type}/{package_name}/repository</code></div>

Takes the Admin role on the package. Returns the package.

- **Authentication:** Required. Send an [access token](/reference/api/#authentication) as `Authorization: Bearer`.
- **MCP tool:** [`package`](/reference/mcp/#package) with `action` `unlink`, and the same inputs
- **Scope:** An access token needs [`packages:write`](/guides/authentication/#scopes).

## Path parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `workspace` | string | Yes | The workspace's slug, e.g. "flagon-io". |
| `package_type` | string | Yes | The registry: container (also docker), npm, cargo, maven, nuget, rubygems or composer. One of `container`, `npm`, `cargo`, `maven`, `nuget`, `rubygems`, `composer`. |
| `package_name` | string | Yes | The package's name without the workspace: web for g1t.sh/acme/web, web/worker for an image with more parts, group:artifact for Maven. |

## Example request

```sh
curl -X DELETE https://api.g1t.sh/workspaces/acme/packages/container/tools/repository \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $G1T_TOKEN"
```

## Example response

A successful request answers `200` with:

```json
{
  "id": "pkg_01kq7b6g8j0m2p4r6t8v0x2z4b",
  "name": "tools",
  "package_type": "container",
  "workspace": "acme",
  "address": "g1t.sh/acme/tools",
  "visibility": "private",
  "repository": null,
  "description": null,
  "version_count": 2,
  "latest": "latest",
  "size_in_bytes": 7340032,
  "download_count": 88,
  "inherit_access": true,
  "created_at": "2026-09-20T12:00:00.000Z",
  "updated_at": "2026-10-08T15:22:00.000Z",
  "deleted_at": null,
  "deleted_by": null,
  "purge_at": null,
  "html_url": "https://g1t.sh/acme/-/packages/container/tools"
}
```

## Errors

A failed request answers with one of these statuses and a body like `{"error": {"code": "not_found", "message": "Repository not found."}}`. See [errors](/reference/api/#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. |