Sample - GitHub REST API
DELETE/repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/{issue_number}/issue-field-values/{issue_field_id}

Delete an issue field value from an issue

Remove a specific custom field value from an issue.

Only users with push access to the repository can delete issue field values. If you don't have the proper permissions, you'll receive a 403 Forbidden response.

If the specified field does not have a value set on the issue, this operation will return a 404 error.

This endpoint triggers notifications. Creating content too quickly using this endpoint may result in secondary rate limiting. For more information, see "Rate limits for the API" and "Best practices for using the REST API."

  • RetriesRetries up to 2×, 500ms backoff, 30s timeout.

4 parameters
ownerstringrequired
The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
repostringrequired
The name of the repository without the `.git` extension. The name is not case sensitive.
issue_numberintegerrequired
The number that identifies the issue.
issue_field_idintegerrequired
The unique identifier of the issue field.

5 status codes
204Issue field value deleted successfully
403Forbidden
messagestringoptional
documentation_urlstringoptional
urlstringoptional
statusstringoptional
404Resource not found
messagestringoptional
documentation_urlstringoptional
urlstringoptional
statusstringoptional
422Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.
messagestringrequired
documentation_urlstringrequired
errorsarray<object>optional
503Service unavailable
codestringoptional
messagestringoptional
documentation_urlstringoptional

Error handling

A 403 is returned: Forbidden. A 404 is returned: Resource not found. A 422 is returned: Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed. A 503 is returned: Service unavailable.