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Issue worklogs

Delete worklog

Deletes a worklog from an issue.

Time tracking must be enabled in Jira, otherwise this operation returns an error. For more information, see Configuring time tracking.

This operation can be accessed anonymously.

Permissions required:

  • Browse projects project permission for the project that the issue is in.
  • If issue-level security is configured, issue-level security permission to view the issue.
  • Delete all worklogs project permission to delete any worklog or Delete own worklogs to delete worklogs created by the user,
  • If the worklog has visibility restrictions, belongs to the group or has the role visibility is restricted to.
delete/rest/api/3/issue/{issueIdOrKey}/worklog/{id}

Path parameters

issueIdOrKeystring required

The ID or key of the issue.

idstring required

The ID of the worklog.

Query parameters

notifyUsersboolean

Whether users watching the issue are notified by email.

adjustEstimate'new' | 'leave' | 'manual' | 'auto'

Defines how to update the issue's time estimate, the options are:

  • new Sets the estimate to a specific value, defined in newEstimate.
  • leave Leaves the estimate unchanged.
  • manual Increases the estimate by amount specified in increaseBy.
  • auto Reduces the estimate by the value of timeSpent in the worklog.
newEstimatestring

The value to set as the issue's remaining time estimate, as days (#d), hours (#h), or minutes (#m or #). For example, 2d. Required when adjustEstimate is new.

increaseBystring

The amount to increase the issue's remaining estimate by, as days (#d), hours (#h), or minutes (#m or #). For example, 2d. Required when adjustEstimate is manual.

overrideEditableFlagboolean

Whether the work log entry should be added to the issue even if the issue is not editable, because jira.issue.editable set to false or missing. For example, the issue is closed. Connect and Forge app users with admin permission can use this flag.

Response

Returned if the request is successful.