I can t delete a remote master branch on git

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I need to delete a master branch  but it s proving to be hard   I just want to clean that branch out and start new   I am deleting from the dev branch   I want master on GitHub to be clean      git push origin --delete master   gt  To https   github com mymasterb git     remote rejected  master  gt   deletion of the current branch prohibited  error  failed to push some  gt  refs to  https   github com mymaster git    How do I quite simply start my master with a fresh slate

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The quickest way is to switch default branch from master to another and you can remove master branch from the web interface

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To answer the question literally  since GitHub is not in the question title   also be aware of this post over on superuser  EDIT  Answer copied here in relevant part  slightly modified for clarity in square brackets      You re getting rejected because you re trying to delete the branch that your origin has currently  checked out        If you have direct access to the repo  you can just open up a shell  in the bare repo  directory and use good old git branch to see what branch origin is currently on  To change it to another branch  you have to use git symbolic-ref HEAD refs heads another-branch

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As explained in  Deleting your master branch  by Matthew Brett  you need to change your GitHub repo default branch      You need to go to the GitHub page for your forked repository  and click on the    Settings    button       Click on the  Branches  tab on the left hand side  There   s a    Default branch    dropdown list near the top of the screen        From there  select placeholder  where placeholder is the dummy name for your new default branch        Confirm that you want to change your default branch       Now you can do  from the command line     git push origin  master   Or  since 2012  you can delete that same branch directly on GitHub     That was announced in Sept  2013  a year after I initially wrote that answer      For small changes like documentation fixes  typos  or if you   re just a walking software compiler  you can get a lot done in your browser without needing to clone the entire repository to your computer      Note  for BitBucket  Tum reports in the comments      About the same for Bitbucket  Repo - gt  Settings - gt  Repository details - gt  Main branch

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