# Remove a label from an issue

From **GitHub v3 REST API**.

`DELETE /repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/{issue_number}/labels/{name}`

Removes the specified label from the issue, and returns the remaining labels on the issue. This endpoint returns a `404 Not Found` status if the label does not exist.

## Parameters

### `owner`

- Location: path
- Required: true
- Type: `string`

### `repo`

- Location: path
- Required: true
- Type: `string`

### `issue_number`

- Location: path
- Required: true
- Type: `integer`

issue_number parameter

### `name`

- Location: path
- Required: true
- Type: `string`

## Responses

### `200`

Response

### `application/json`

- Type: `array`

```json
[
  {
    "color": "f29513",
    "default": true,
    "description": "Something isn't working",
    "id": 208045946,
    "name": "bug",
    "node_id": "MDU6TGFiZWwyMDgwNDU5NDY=",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels/bug"
  }
]
```

```json
{"items":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/label"},"type":"array"}
```

### `404`

Resource not found

### `application/json`

- Type: `object`

Basic Error

```json
{"description":"Basic Error","properties":{"documentation_url":{"type":"string"},"message":{"type":"string"},"status":{"type":"string"},"url":{"type":"string"}},"title":"Basic Error","type":"object"}
```

### `410`

Gone

### `application/json`

- Type: `object`

Basic Error

```json
{"description":"Basic Error","properties":{"documentation_url":{"type":"string"},"message":{"type":"string"},"status":{"type":"string"},"url":{"type":"string"}},"title":"Basic Error","type":"object"}
```

## Request examples

### cURL

```shell
curl --request DELETE \
  --url {protocol}://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/{issue_number}/labels/{name}
```