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glab-work-items-delete - Delete a work item in a project or group. (EXPERIMENTAL)

glab work-items delete [flags]

Delete a work item by its internal ID (IID). This action cannot be undone.

The command behavior depends on context:

  • By default, deletes from the current repository's project.
  • With --group, deletes from the specified group.
  • With --repo, deletes from the specified project.

This feature is an experiment and is not ready for production use. It might be unstable or removed at any time. For more information, see https://docs.gitlab.com/policy/development_stages_support/.

-g, --group="" Delete a work items from a group or subgroup.

-F, --output="text" Format output as: text, json.

-R, --repo="" Select another repository. You can use either OWNER/REPO or GROUP/NAMESPACE/REPO. The full URL or Git URL is also accepted.

-h, --help[=false] Show help for this command.

# Delete a work item by IID from the current project
glab work-items delete 42
# Delete a group work item
glab work-items delete 42 --group my-group

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