Issues

Delete issue

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:

delete/rest/api/2/issue/{issueIdOrKey}

Request

  • Base URL: https://your-domain.atlassian.net
  • URL: https://your-domain.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/issue/{issueIdOrKey}
  • 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: write:jira-work)
    • none

Path parameters

issueIdOrKeystring required

The ID or key of the issue.

Query parameters

deleteSubtasks'true' | 'false'

Whether the issue's subtasks are deleted when the issue is deleted.

Response

Returned if the request is successful.

Changes

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