Delete a local branch
A local branch is a branch which is the one inside the computer.
To delete a local branch, execute following git command. Replace the branch_name with the one that you want to remove in your local computer.
git branch -d branch_name
To force delete a local branch, replace -d with -D, a capital d in the same command as above.
git branch -D local_branch_name
Delete a remote branch
A remote branch is a branch which resides in a remote repository, such as Bitbucket, GitLab, GitHub and so on.
To delete a local branch, execute following git command. Replace the origin with the one that you want to remove in your local computer.
git push origin --delete branch_name
In most cases, a remote_name is origin. To see a list of remote branch. Use the following command.
git branch -r