How to delete a workitem in Azure DevOps
Each and every workitem (Bugs,Epics,Features,UserStories, TestCases,TestSuites) can be deleted from a project in Azure DevOps
A workitem can be deleted normally as well as permanently. A workitem deleted normally moves to Recycle Bin in Azure DevOps
Deleting a WorkItem temporarily: Click on a WorkItem and then click on the 3 dots to the right of it & then click on “Delete”. This will delete the workitem temporarily in Azure DevOps
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To restore the workitem, Go to workitems and then click on Recycle bin & then delete
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And then restore the workitem as shown below
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And then click on the restore button as shown below
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The workitem will be restored and it wont be no longer available in Recycle bin. To permanently delete a workitem, either you can delete it from Recycle bin or there will be a option called permanently delete from which you can delete the workitem.