I needed to delete a work item in TFS and found that by design it is not easy to do. I found that this can be done using the TFS Power Tools via the command line. tfpt.exe destroywi /server:http://ServerName:8080 /workitemid:123 You will get a warning: This action is not recoverable. Are you sure you want to destroy work item(s)123? (Y/N) Work item is gone.

Kirstin Juhl