Queries - Delete

Delete a query or a folder. This deletes any permission change on the deleted query or folder and any of its descendants if it is a folder. It is important to note that the deleted permission changes cannot be recovered upon undeleting the query or folder.

DELETE https://dev.azure.com/{organization}/{project}/_apis/wit/queries/{query}?api-version=7.1

URI Parameters

Name In Required Type Description
organization
path True

string

The name of the Azure DevOps organization.

project
path True

string

Project ID or project name

query
path True

string

ID or path of the query or folder to delete.

api-version
query True

string

Version of the API to use. This should be set to '7.1' to use this version of the api.

Responses

Name Type Description
200 OK

successful operation

Security

oauth2

Type: oauth2
Flow: accessCode
Authorization URL: https://app.vssps.visualstudio.com/oauth2/authorize&response_type=Assertion
Token URL: https://app.vssps.visualstudio.com/oauth2/token?client_assertion_type=urn:ietf:params:oauth:client-assertion-type:jwt-bearer&grant_type=urn:ietf:params:oauth:grant-type:jwt-bearer

Scopes

Name Description
vso.work_write Grants the ability to read, create, and update work items and queries, update board metadata, read area and iterations paths other work item tracking related metadata, execute queries, and to receive notifications about work item events via service hooks.

Examples

By folder path
By ID

By folder path

Sample request

DELETE https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/Fabrikam-Fiber-Git/_apis/wit/queries/{query}?api-version=7.1

Sample response

By ID

Sample request

DELETE https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/Fabrikam-Fiber-Git/_apis/wit/queries/{query}?api-version=7.1

Sample response