glab(1)

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💖 NAME 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the glab(1) manual page for glab-work-items-delete — it deletes a work item in a project or group. also it's marked (EXPERIMENTAL), so keep that in mind 👀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

glab work-items delete  [flags]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so you're deleting a work item by its internal ID (IID). and like… this action cannot be undone 😭 no cap, once it's gone it's gone.

the command behavior depends on context, bestie:

  • 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/. periodt.

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • -g, --group="" — deletes a work item from a group or subgroup.
  • --jq="" — filters JSON output with a jq expression.
  • -F, --output="text" — formats output as: text, json.
  • -R, --repo="" — selects another repository. you can use either OWNER/REPO or GROUP/NAMESPACE/REPO. the full URL or Git URL is also accepted.

🌸 OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS 🌸

  • -h, --help[=false] — shows help for this command.

🌈 EXAMPLE 🌈

# 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

🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

mwah 💅 this page was auto generated by spf13/cobra, dated Nov 2026, and it's part of the glab(1) manual. bye bestie, go delete responsibly 🎀✨

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