---
title: "Deprecation of action delete_head_branch"
date: 2026-03-30
tags:
  - Deprecations
description: "The `delete_head_branch` action is deprecated. "
---

Use GitHub's native "[Automatically delete head branches](https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/configuring-branches-and-merges-in-your-repository/configuring-pull-request-merges/managing-the-automatic-deletion-of-branches)" repository setting instead.