Delete issue

DELETE

/rest/api/3/issue/{issueIdOrKey}

Deletes an issue.

An issue cannot be deleted if it has one or more subtasks. To delete an issue with subtasks, set deleteSubtasks. This causes the issue's subtasks to be deleted with the issue.

This operation can be accessed anonymously.

Permissions required:

Browse projects and Delete issues project permission for the project containing the issue.

If issue-level security is configured, issue-level security permission to view the issue.

Request

Path Params

Query Params

Responses

🟢204Returned if the request is successful.

application/json

Body

🟠400Returned if the issue has subtasks and `deleteSubtasks` is not set to *true*.

🟠401Returned if the authentication credentials are incorrect.

🟠403Returned if the user does not have permission to delete the issue.

🟠404Returned if the issue is not found or the user does not have permission to view the issue.

Request Example

Shell

JavaScript

Java

Swift

curl --location --request DELETE 'http://jira.local:8080/jira/rest//rest/api/3/issue/'

Response Example

204 - Example 1

{}

Modified at 2023-07-13 03:27:27

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