naqushab · September 8, 2018 15:42 · Apr 16, 2016 · Apr 16, 2016 · Apr 16, 2016
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 ### Use this trick to bulk delete your old repos or old forks 
 (Inspired by https://medium.com/@icanhazedit/clean-up-unused-github-rpositories-c2549294ee45#.3hwv4nxv5)
 
-1. Open in a new tab all to-be-deleted github repositores (Use the mouse’s middle click or Ctrl + Click) https://github.com/wildeyes?tab=repositories
+1. Open in a new tab all to-be-deleted github repositores (Use the mouse’s middle click or Ctrl + Click) https://github.com/username?tab=repositories
 
 2. Use one tab https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/onetab/chphlpgkkbolifaimnlloiipkdnihall to shorten them to a list.
 

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 5. Register a new personal access token with a 'delete_repo perm' https://github.com/settings/tokens/new
 
 6. Copy the access_token and run the following line replacing xxx with your access token.
+
 **Linux and OS X :**
 ```
 while read r;do curl -XDELETE -H 'Authorization: token xxx' "https://api.github.com/repos/$r ";done < repos

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+### Use this trick to bulk delete your old repos or old forks 
+(Inspired by https://medium.com/@icanhazedit/clean-up-unused-github-rpositories-c2549294ee45#.3hwv4nxv5)
+
+1. Open in a new tab all to-be-deleted github repositores (Use the mouse’s middle click or Ctrl + Click) https://github.com/wildeyes?tab=repositories
+
+2. Use one tab https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/onetab/chphlpgkkbolifaimnlloiipkdnihall to shorten them to a list.
+
+3. Save that list to some path
+
+4. The list should be in the form of “ur_username\repo_name” per line. Use regex search (Sublime text could help). Search for ' \|.*' and replace by empty.
+
+5. Register a new personal access token with a 'delete_repo perm' https://github.com/settings/tokens/new
+
+6. Copy the access_token and run the following line replacing xxx with your access token.
+**Linux and OS X :**
+```
+while read r;do curl -XDELETE -H 'Authorization: token xxx' "https://api.github.com/repos/$r ";done < repos
+```
+**Windows:**
+```
+get-content D:\repolist.txt | ForEach-Object { Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://api.github.com/repos/$_ -Method “DELETE” -Headers @{"Authorization"="token xxx"} }
+```
+
+### Caution
+I have only tested this script on Linux.
+
+Have fun :)
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