Issue custom field contexts

Delete custom field context

Deletes a custom field context.

This API will not allow removing the global context from April 2026. Instead, an HTTP 400 response will be returned. See CHANGE-3019

Permissions required: Administer Jira global permission.

delete/rest/api/2/field/{fieldId}/context/{contextId}

Request

  • Base URL: https://your-domain.atlassian.net
  • URL: https://your-domain.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/field/{fieldId}/context/{contextId}
  • Auth: one of:
    • HTTP basic
    • OAuth 2 (authorization code, authorization URL https://auth.atlassian.com/authorize, token URL https://auth.atlassian.com/oauth/token, scopes: manage:jira-configuration)

Path parameters

fieldIdstring required

The ID of the custom field.

contextIdinteger required

The ID of the context.

Response

Returned if the context is deleted.

unknown required

Changes

No recorded changes to this operation across all 26 revisions of this API.