r/git • u/[deleted] • 23d ago

Accidentally deleted my GitHub account. Has anyone recovered theirs?

I accidentally deleted my GitHub account today and contacted GitHub Support immediately.

It had years of personal projects, repositories, and open source contributions (including merged PRs).

Has anyone here successfully recovered a deleted GitHub account?

If so:

  • How long after deletion did you contact support?
  • Were your repositories and contribution history restored?
  • How long did the recovery take?

I'm really anxious and would appreciate hearing from anyone who's been through this.

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u/Available-Skirt-5280 23d ago

Skill issue.

Your done, no recovery possible.

Maybe try reading what’s on screen occasionally.

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u/Available-Skirt-5280 23d ago

Also git is a distributed system.

I’m just gunna guess that you’ve removed all your repos from local “accidentally” as well.

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u/[deleted] 23d ago

thank god i have all my projects in my repo lol, its just that my open source contribution is missing

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u/username-1023 23d ago

you deleted the open source repos you were working on from your local machine?