Deleting maven packages #10957

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GiteaMirror · 2025-11-02T09:23:12-06:00

GiteaMirror commented

2025-11-02 09:23:12 -06:00

Originally created by @lambdagg on GitHub (Jun 3, 2023).

Description

Just as the documentation suggests (https://docs.gitea.com/packages/usage/packages/maven), there is no way of programmatically deleting a Maven package. I do not think this is intended ; we can do it on GitHub and in development stages we could need to delete and recreate a package (because we cannot overwrite it - it will just add the files to the previous package) multiple times because changing the version on each commit when the project is not done yet is not ideal.
As every (almost?) any other package manager (https://docs.gitea.com/packages/usage/packages/npm#unpublish-a-package, https://docs.gitea.com/packages/usage/packages/generic...), could we get a way of deleting artifacts? At least an API endpoint?

Gitea Version

1.19.3

Can you reproduce the bug on the Gitea demo site?

Yes

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How are you running Gitea?

Pre-built, docker

Database

SQLite

Originally created by @lambdagg on GitHub (Jun 3, 2023). ### Description Just as the documentation suggests (https://docs.gitea.com/packages/usage/packages/maven), there is no way of programmatically deleting a Maven package. I do not think this is intended ; we can do it on GitHub and in development stages we could need to delete and recreate a package (because we cannot overwrite it - it will just add the files to the previous package) multiple times because changing the version on each commit when the project is not done yet is not ideal. As every (almost?) any other package manager (https://docs.gitea.com/packages/usage/packages/npm#unpublish-a-package, https://docs.gitea.com/packages/usage/packages/generic...), could we get a way of deleting artifacts? At least an API endpoint? ### Gitea Version 1.19.3 ### Can you reproduce the bug on the Gitea demo site? Yes ### Log Gist _No response_ ### Screenshots _No response_ ### Git Version _No response_ ### Operating System _No response_ ### How are you running Gitea? Pre-built, docker ### Database SQLite

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GiteaMirror commented

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@KN4CK3R commented on GitHub (Jun 5, 2023):

How can you delete the Maven packages from Github? I think there is no build-in delete command in Maven.

You can programmatically delete a package via the Gitea api: https://try.gitea.io/api/swagger#/package/deletePackage

@KN4CK3R commented on GitHub (Jun 5, 2023): How can you delete the Maven packages from Github? I think there is no build-in delete command in Maven. You can programmatically delete a package via the Gitea api: https://try.gitea.io/api/swagger#/package/deletePackage

GiteaMirror commented

2025-11-02 09:23:13 -06:00

@lambdagg commented on GitHub (Jun 6, 2023):

There is indeed no built-in delete command in Maven. However, the GitHub APIs permits the deleting of packages.
I've figured it out with the API (i forgot the versioning when requesting...).
Thank you for troubleshooting!

@lambdagg commented on GitHub (Jun 6, 2023): There is indeed no built-in delete command in Maven. However, the GitHub APIs permits the deleting of packages. I've figured it out with the API (i forgot the versioning when requesting...). Thank you for troubleshooting!

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Reference: github-starred/gitea#10957