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To delete any branch, you shouldn't be on that branch, so switch to another branch before giving the commands

To delete any branch run,

git branch --delete <branch_name>
or
git branch -d <branch_name>

But this fails if the branch hasn't been merged, so to force delete, if required, run,

git branch --delete --force <branch_name>
or
git branch -D <branch_name>

To delete the remote branch, you need to run,

git push origin --delete <branch_name>
or
git push origin :<branch_name>
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