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Permanently Delete Work Items?

Hi, I'm running TFS Beta 2 and VS 2005 Beta 2. I was wondering if there is any way to permanently delete work items? Not just to mark them as Closed, but completely get rid of them? I have full access to the server. Is there a safe way to go into SQL Server and delete items from the database, or are there command lines tools to perform this?

Thanks,
Kevin

kevg

Hi Kevin,

Unfortunately, the only way to permanently remove workitems is to delete the project that contains them. Typically, we recommend creating test workitems on a test project that can then be deleted.

Thanks.
-Mareen.

Mareen Philip

There is now a tool in codeplex for this, called TFS Power Pack:

KillBill - Stops a Team Build currently running on a build server.

WorkItem Terminator - Permanently deletes a work item from the TFS database.

http://www.codeplex.com/Wiki/View.aspx?ProjectName=TfsPowerPack

regards

Oliver

Oliver

OlliH

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