TFS2010-How to delete work item

Precondition:

SCM audit the productbacklog then try to delete the obsoleting work item 

 

How to fix?

Steps as the following:

1, navigation to :

All programs> Microsoft Visual Studio 2010> Visual Studio Tools

right click 【Visual Studio Command Prompt(2010)】> run as administrator

2, enter command line:

witadmin destroywitd /Collection:http://[servername]:8080/tfs/[CollectionName] /id:[workitem ID]

 

for example:

witadmin destroywi /collection:http://cai-who001:8080/tfs/defaultcollection /id:55

 

Notes:

1, Please note to ensure the command is spelled correctly

otherwise system will prompt a failure message:

TF212001: [......] is not a witadmin command. type 'witadmin' and press enter for a list of commands