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Disabling issues

You may wish to turn issues off for your repository if you do not accept contributions or bug reports.

  1. On GitHub, navigate to the main page of the repository.

  2. Under your repository name, click Settings. If you cannot see the "Settings" tab, select the dropdown menu, then click Settings.

    Screenshot of a repository header showing the tabs. The "Settings" tab is highlighted by a dark orange outline.

  3. Under "Features," deselect Issues.

If you decide to enable issues again in the future, any issues that were previously added will be available.

Please contact us through the GitHub Support portal if you want to turn off issues because of abuse from strangers. GitHub does not tolerate abuse. For more information on GitHub's policies, see our Terms of Service and Community Guidelines.