docs/content/organizations/managing-organization-settings/managing-the-forking-policy-for-your-organization.md

title	intro	redirect_from	permissions	versions	topics
Managing the forking policy for your organization	You can allow or prevent the forking of any private{% if currentVersion == "free-pro-team@latest" or currentVersion ver_gt "enterprise-server@2.19" or currentVersion == "github-ae@latest" %} and internal{% endif %} repositories owned by your organization.	[/articles/allowing-people-to-fork-private-repositories-in-your-organization /github/setting-up-and-managing-organizations-and-teams/allowing-people-to-fork-private-repositories-in-your-organization /github/setting-up-and-managing-organizations-and-teams/managing-the-forking-policy-for-your-organization]	Organization owners can manage the forking policy for an organization.	[{free-pro-team *} {enterprise-server *} {github-ae *}]	[Organizations Teams]

By default, new organizations are configured to disallow the forking of private{% if currentVersion == "free-pro-team@latest" or currentVersion ver_gt "enterprise-server@2.19" or currentVersion == "github-ae@latest" %} and internal{% endif %} repositories.

If you allow forking of private{% if currentVersion == "free-pro-team@latest" or currentVersion ver_gt "enterprise-server@2.19" or currentVersion == "github-ae@latest" %} and internal{% endif %} repositories at the organization level, you can also configure the ability to fork a specific private{% if currentVersion == "free-pro-team@latest" or currentVersion ver_gt "enterprise-server@2.19" or currentVersion == "github-ae@latest" %} or internal{% endif %} repository. For more information, see "Managing the forking policy for your repository."

{% data reusables.organizations.internal-repos-enterprise %}

{% data reusables.profile.access_org %} {% data reusables.profile.org_settings %} {% data reusables.organizations.member-privileges %} 5. Under "Repository forking", select Allow forking of private repositories or Allow forking of private and internal repositories. 6. Click Save.

Further reading

• "About forks"
• "Repository permission levels for an organization"