Restoration of my forked repository

[ilias-stack]

Restoration Issue

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Hello,

I had an organization that has a private respository. after that I forked the repo to my own account and then proceeded to deleting the organization but that triggered the deletion of my repository in my account.

This happened today (10th of October 2025 at 12PM). .

If someone already had this issue recently please help me through this.

Thanks in advance,
Ilias

[haroonmaqbool]

Hey Ilias, this usually happens because when you fork a private repository it stays linked to the original one for access control. If that parent repository or organization is deleted GitHub automatically removes all its forks too including any in your personal account for security reasons. Since forks of private repositories can’t be restored from your side, the best option is to contact GitHub Support and explain that your private fork was deleted after the parent organization was removed (include the repo name, owner, and deletion time). They can check if a backup copy exists and possibly restore it for you. For future cases, it’s safer to make a full clone and push it as a new standalone repo before deleting the original.

[ilias-stack]

Thank you haroon for your answer and time.

I tried contacting them on support@github.com but it gives an error while sending and otherwise when trying to create a ticket or something i get the copilot trying to help me but it doesn't.

[haroonmaqbool]

No problem! Try using the GitHub Support form instead it usually works fine once you’re logged in.

[ilias-stack]

Please can U offer a link for this because when I search it and look on links I find the same forms that the AI answers on them instead.

I appreciate you haroon.

[haroonmaqbool]

Sure! Just make sure you’re logged into your GitHub account before opening it.
https://support.github.com/contact?legacy&tags=rr-restore

[ilias-stack]

Thank you so much!