How to Delete Git Local and Remote Tags

Fri, 28 Oct 2022 07:32:28 +0530

You can safely delete a git tag if you created one unintentionally.

Delete git tag from local repository

Use the git tag command with the “-d” option to remove a tag from the local repository.

 
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git tag -d <tag_name>

Let’s say you want to delete tag v1.2.3, then the following command can be used.

 
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git tag -d v1.2.3

After executing this command, you should see a similar output as below.