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JSelser
JSelser

Reputation: 3630

Anonymous Gists expiration/lifetime?

I'd like to know if anonymous github gists expire

I can't find anything on Github's gist API docs and google yield results on how to delete them but nothing on their expiration (if any)

Upvotes: 8

Views: 3444

Answers (1)

Ionică Bizău
Ionică Bizău

Reputation: 113335

⚠️ As of March 19, 2018, anonymous gist creation is deprecated. ⚠️

No, they don't expire. The documentation says:

Warning: Anonymous gists cannot be deleted from the web. To have an anonymous gist deleted, contact GitHub support. Please provide the URL of the gist you wish to delete.

You still have the Delete button as long you have the session on Gist, but once you delete your cookies, that delete button will be gone and if you want to delete the gist you created, you will have to contact GitHub Support.

If you need an anonymous gist deleted, please contact GitHub support and include the gist's URL.

So, summarizing, you can delete the anonymous gists you create as long you have the session in the browser. Once you lose it, nobody will delete them unless GitHub support really wants to. In fact they don't expire, but they can be deleted by a human if that's needed (like user gists).

To make sure, I emailed support and they said:

You're correct. Anonymous Gists don't expire, and are not automatically deleted.

Upvotes: 13

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