phishing – Eric Holsinger

Using GitHub API to Remove Phishing Notifications

Manage unwanted GitHub notifications, particularly phishing attempts that can’t be deleted through the web interface. Details the installation and use of GitHub CLI and jq for effectively finding and deleting notifications via the GitHub notifications API.

It’s so frustrating to see inbox badges for notifications that are actually phishing attempts from bogus repositories. The GitHub web interface doesn’t allow you delete them (or even view them) once they’ve been discovered. So how do you delete GitHub inbox items which you cannot see? Here’s how to use the GitHub notifications api.