Remove repository from Top Repositories on start page

[giorgi02]

Hello,

There is a repository in Top Repositories section on my startup page.

It has appeared since I wrote a new issue in its issues.
This repository is not mine and also, I'm not a collaborator. It is not shown in "my repositories" and neither on "settings/repositories".
Why is it shown at startup and how can I remove it?

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[DSDmark]

Hi @giorgi02,

I can't find a way to remove it. So, I guess there is no way to do that. In my opinion, once you have done any things like submit an issue, fork or contribute or any things. It save there as history. It doesn't matter if you close your issue on that repo.

[youde2000]

Have you solved it yet？

[RobertParesi]

I agree - same for me. I'd like to get it removed as well. Drive me nuts.

[queenofcorgis]

These are autogenerated based on your activity, however, if you'd like to submit product feedback on this I encourage you to open a Discussion in our Feed category.

[AWqxKAWERbXo]

A repository with no actitivity, archived is still #3 since months. This doesn't work as expected.

[jeffsnff]

Any movement on this? I would really love to remove stuff from that section.

[cmy2019]

https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/40959#discussioncomment-15149464

[ntfshard]

Could be very nice to have such feature

[jonoringer]

agree!!

[copeland3300]

It would be great to have this...especially since it's not even accurate. I have repos listed here that haven't been touched in weeks or months, but repos that have more activity and more recent activity aren't shown.

[playbahn]

Yeap. Same here.

[gileli121]

How is this basic thing not implemented?
I was assuming that maybe it was only me that couldn't find it.
But seems that you did not implement it. Unbelievable!

[cmy2019]

try this, you can select just one you want to remove, or remove the whole list.
https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/40959#discussioncomment-15149464

[lejeuneretif]

+1

[cosmir17]

+1

[maynouf]

This would be an useful feature indeed.

[administrator895]

+1

[manuelnaturalcycles]

+1

[kyyasdev]

I solved this in a different way: I added my GitHub repositories as browser bookmarks so they no longer draw my attention when I open GitHub.

[cmy2019]

https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/40959#discussioncomment-15149464

[cmy2019]

hey, guys, here is a good solution: use adguard extension to remove it.

Video_2025-12-03_220009.mp4

[dszyblog]

气笑了

[skyrealmz]

骗自己是吧 lol

[arncer]

自我欺骗这一块

[azevedotiago]

@neplusultra
SOLVED THIS PROBLEM by simply blocking the user who owns the repo.

Maybe not the solution for everyone, but it did the trick in my case. Thanks @edson1452 for the comment above.

I just want to add up that if you BLOCK and UNBLOCK after, it disappears as well.
So, even if it's a friend's account or someone you don't really want to block, it will work as well.

And no @cmy2019 , I don't want to use Adguard, thanks.

[xiaokai-lyk]

how can I block myself🤔

[TommySchwartz]

Can't block an organization repo

[UsernameFurkanIsNotAvailable]

There is actually no actual way for this, but they say you can block the user who owns the repository and then unblock.
but according to https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/40959#discussioncomment-16603153 why would you need to hide your own repositories just keep yours in list while others don't.

[atsushieno]

I am surprised that this is not reagarded as a serious security risk.

I work for NSA as an external developer, of course secretly. NSA of course does not allocate an organization account for me. I don't expose that fact by myself. But when I have to show perform public presentations, my GitHub page can show up during my demos, and the fact that I joined NSA shows up!

This must be fixed, seriously.

[kadenmclaws]

Just chiming in here as well, we have moved a repo to Read Only/Archive, and it is still on the list. I've got several like that. It's clutter.
Why can't we choose what we have as our favorites instead of an automatic list with no control?

[wolfgangmahler]

A basic favorites list would make more sense than this current list that no one seems to know how it even works.

[KuroiAkuma19]

The Top Repositories section shows repos you own but also ones you're a collaborator on, even if you didn't ask to be added. If you go to Settings > Repositories you'll actually see all the repos tied to your account including the ones from other users where you have collaborator access.

If you want to remove a repo from that list completely, the cleanest way is to leave it. You can do that from Settings > Repositories, find the repo and hit the Leave button next to it. Once you're no longer a collaborator it should stop showing up.

If it appeared just because you commented or opened an issue rather than being added as a collaborator, it'll usually drop off on its own after a while since GitHub surfaces those based on recent activity.

Hope this helps..

[wolfgangmahler]

It's show things not under Settings->Repositories.

[atsushieno]

Comments like "leave the project" does not work for my scenario at all. I cannot leave NSA of course.

[ByteBuilder9]

GitHub’s Top repositories section is a personalized dashboard list. It can include repositories you have recently used or interacted with, for example by opening an issue, commenting, starring, watching, forking, or contributing.

That is why the repository appeared after you created an issue there.

Unfortunately, GitHub does not currently provide a direct “remove this repository from Top repositories” button.

The best you can do is:

1. Go to that repository.
2. If it is starred, unstar it.
3. If you are watching it, click Watch and choose Ignore or Not watching.
4. Open the issue you created and unsubscribe from notifications if needed.
5. Use your own repositories normally; GitHub’s dashboard ranking should eventually update.

This repository is not shown under My repositories or Settings → Repositories because those pages only show repositories you own, fork, or have access to as a collaborator/member. The dashboard’s Top repositories list is different: it is based on GitHub’s recommendation/activity logic.

So the short answer is: you cannot manually remove it immediately. You can only remove related activity signals, then wait for GitHub’s dashboard to refresh/re-rank.

[deven1003]

Why it shows: The "Top Repositories" list is auto-generated from any repo you've interacted with including opening or commenting on an issue. That's why ThreeMammals/Ocelot appeared, even though it isn't yours.

How to remove it:

1. There's no delete button the list can't be edited manually.
2. Stop interacting with that repo.
3. Wait repos drop off automatically about 4 months after your last interaction.
4. Speed it up by visiting/working on other repos so they push it down and off the list.

That's it , it's just cosmetic and means nothing about your access to the repo.

[wolfgangmahler]

I think it's just a bad design and waste of prime UI space. A simple favorites list would be better.

[zqy1-1]

I meet the same problem.
The first comment was in 2022, and now four years have passed—still not addressed?

[leonsedvall]

Yeah it's insane that this bad UI hasn't recieved a change in 4 years.

Do we know if GitHub have acknowledged this feedback? How can we reach out to them properly?

Cause this garbage is gonna be here for the next 100 years, mark my word, unless we do something about it.

[svengo]

Just for info: the GitHub Android app includes a user-configurable favorite repositories section...