How to delete commits from remote repo in GitHub with git?

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How can I delete a commit which I already pushed to the remote? I got an answer to delete my latest commit. In the answers of this Stack Overflow post someone said to do git reset --hard HEAD~1 to delete the latest commit. I did that and it worked but now when I push to the remote, it gives me this error

To github.com:an4s911/login-system.git                                                                                   
 ! [rejected]        master -> master (non-fast-forward)                                                                 
error: failed to push some refs to 'github.com:an4s911/login-system.git'                                                 
hint: Updates were rejected because the tip of your current branch is behind                                             
hint: its remote counterpart. Integrate the remote changes (e.g.                                                         
hint: 'git pull ...') before pushing again.                                                                              
hint: See the 'Note about fast-forwards' in 'git push --help' for details.

it says to pull before pushing, so I pulled. But now I have the deleted commit back. How do I solve this problem?

What about deleting any commit in my log? I tried a lot of different things but nothing works perfectly. I used `git rebase -i ` but that doesn't seem to work. How do I do that? — an4s911, Aug 11 '20 at 14:48
https://stackoverflow.com/search?q=%5Bgit%5D+hint%3A+Updates+were+rejected+because+the+tip+of+your+current+branch+is+behind — phd, Aug 11 '20 at 19:29

score -2 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 11 '20 at 14:46

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Solved!

I forced the push to the remote by using --force are the push statement like this

git push --force

answered Aug 11 '20 at 14:46

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How to delete commits from remote repo in GitHub with git?

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