Deleting or updating a GitHub or GitLab release leaves the Git tag, which must also be deleted to reissue a corrected release.

1. delete the Git tag locally. Here we assume the release tag was v1.2.3

   git tag -d v1.2.3

2. delete the Git tag on remote site

   git push -d origin v1.2.3

   This puts the release notes from v1.2.3 into “draft” mode–hidden from the public.

3. Make the necessary changes, then do the release again, reusing the draft release notes.

Notes

• GitHub releases
• GitLab releases
• Bitbucket tags