Reviewing and modifying installed GitHub Apps

You can review the permissions and change the repository access for GitHub Apps that you have installed. You can also temporarily or permanently prevent a GitHub App from accessing resources owned by your account or organization.

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About installed GitHub Apps

GitHub users can install GitHub Apps on their personal account or accounts they own. When you install a GitHub App, you grant the app the enterprise or organization and repository permissions that it requested. If the app requested repository permissions, you also specify which repositories the GitHub App can access. Installing an app on an enterprise only grants enterprise permissions. To grant organization and repository permissions, install the app on an organization.

You should periodically review the GitHub Apps that you have installed. You can review the permissions that you granted and change the repositories that the GitHub App can access. If you no longer use an app, consider suspending or deleting the GitHub App to block its access to resources owned by the account where it is installed.

In addition to reviewing GitHub Apps that you have installed, you can review GitHub Apps that you have authorized to act on your behalf. For more information, see Reviewing and revoking authorization of GitHub Apps.

  • For a GitHub App installed on an enterprise:

    1. In the top right corner of GitHub, click your profile picture, then click Your enterprises.
    2. Next to your enterprise name, click Settings.
    3. In the top navigation bar, click Settings.
    4. In the side bar, click GitHub Apps. A list of the GitHub Apps owned by your enterprise will be displayed.
    5. Switch to the Installed Apps tab to see a list of the apps installed on your enterprise.
    6. Next to the GitHub App you want to review or modify, click Configure.

  • For a GitHub App installed on an organization:

    1. In the top right corner of GitHub, click your profile picture, then click Your organizations.
    2. Next to your organization name, click Settings.
    3. In the side bar, under "Third-party Access," click GitHub Apps. A list of the GitHub Apps installed on your organization will be displayed.
    4. Next to the GitHub App you want to review or modify, click Configure.

  • For a GitHub App installed on your personal account:

    1. In the upper-right corner of any page, click your profile picture, then click Settings.
    2. Under "Integrations," click Applications.
    3. Click Installed GitHub Apps. A list of the GitHub Apps installed on your personal account will be displayed.
    4. Next to the GitHub App you want to review or modify, click Configure.

  • For a repository where a GitHub App was granted access:

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