How to delete Work Item from Team Foundation Server

Question

Is there a chance to delete Work Item from TFS, or all I can do is just to rename it.

Update: This question was for TFS 2008. New version (2010) have out of the

Answer 1

If you want to do this without using the tool suggested in the accepted answer, here is a quick summary of what to do. This is based on the corresponding MSDN article suggested in another answer.

Open Visual Studio Command Prompt:

Using the start menu:

• Search for it.
• Or navigate to All Programs -> Microsoft Visual Studio X -> Visual Studio Tools to find it.

Invoke witadmin

1. Determine the team project collection URL. An example is http://ServerName:Port/VirtualDirectoryName/CollectionName.

2. Determine the work item id.

3. Invoke the following command, substituting the two above values:

    witadmin destroywi /collection:CollectionURL /id:id
   

See the MSDN article for more details. Note that you need permission for this to work.