How to delete multiples files in Github

[naqvisn]

Is there a way to select all files and delete files in github at once? Currently I delete single file at time and commit changes.

I want to select multiple or all files and delete under a single commit.

Thanks

[nadiajoyce]

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[nadiajoyce · Accepted solution]

Hi @naqvisn,

There isn't a way to select multiple files for deletion using the Web UI at the moment, but I'll let the team know you'd like us to add this feature in the future.

In the meantime, the way we recommend editing or deleting multiple files is by working with a local repository. You would then be able to delete the files in your local clone, commit that change to your local repository, and then push that change to the remote repository on GitHub.

The steps for doing this are:

• In the command-line, navigate to your local repository.
• Ensure you are in the default branch:
  git checkout master
• The rm -r command will recursively remove your folder:
  git rm -r folder-name
• Commit the change:
  git commit -m "Remove duplicated directory"
• Push the change to your remote repository:
  git push origin master

I hope this helps!

[kondareddy1229]

Thank you brother

[chuankin]

How do I delete multiple files using github desktop?

[DocLock17]

One Solution would be:

  1. "View" >> "Show in Explorer".

  2. Make edits in your file explorer, and close.

  3. Commit Changes and/or Pull and Merge.

[Jadamoureen]

Thank you so much ...

[PhakaSosibo]

Thank you somuch

[avDec25]

You may need to use:

git push -f origin master

How it worked for me:

➜  mfb-plm git:(master) git push origin master
To bitbucket.org:myntra/mfb-plm.git
 ! [rejected]        master -> master (fetch first)
error: failed to push some refs to 'git@bitbucket.org:myntra/mfb-plm.git'
hint: Updates were rejected because the remote contains work that you do
hint: not have locally. This is usually caused by another repository pushing
hint: to the same ref. You may want to first integrate the remote changes
hint: (e.g., 'git pull ...') before pushing again.
hint: See the 'Note about fast-forwards' in 'git push --help' for details.
➜  mfb-plm git:(master) git push -f origin master
Enumerating objects: 383, done.
Counting objects: 100% (383/383), done.
Delta compression using up to 12 threads
Compressing objects: 100% (94/94), done.
Writing objects: 100% (383/383), 241.06 KiB | 80.35 MiB/s, done.
Total 383 (delta 238), reused 381 (delta 238)
remote: Resolving deltas: 100% (238/238), done.
To bitbucket.org:myntra/mfb-plm.git
 + a4a0df9...849eece master -> master (forced update)

[prady1900]

It actually deleted the read.md file too