---
title: "Delete a merge request"
method: DELETE
path: "/api/v4/projects/{id}/merge_requests/{merge_request_iid}"
tags: ["merge_requests"]
---

# Delete a merge request

`DELETE /api/v4/projects/{id}/merge_requests/{merge_request_iid}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://gitlab.com`
- URL: `https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/{id}/merge_requests/{merge_request_iid}`
- Auth: none declared

Deletes a specified merge request for a project. Administrators and project Owners only.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required
- `merge_request_iid` integer, required

## Response `204`

Delete a merge request

## Other responses

- `401`: Unauthorized
- `404`: Not found
- `412`: Precondition failed

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/gitlab/apis/gitlab-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/gitlab/apis/gitlab-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/gitlab/apis/gitlab-api/revisions/b234947ef3f2?raw)