[[cases-api-delete-comments]]
== Delete comments from case API
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<titleabbrev>Delete comments</titleabbrev>
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Deletes one or all comments and alerts from a case.

[NOTE]
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For the most up-to-date API details, refer to the
{kib-repo}/tree/{branch}/x-pack/plugins/cases/docs/openapi[open API specification].
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=== {api-request-title}

`DELETE <kibana host>:<port>/api/cases/<case_id>/comments`

`DELETE <kibana host>:<port>/api/cases/<case_id>/comments/<comment_id>`

`DELETE <kibana host>:<port>/s/<space_id>/api/cases/<case_id>/comments`

`DELETE <kibana host>:<port>/s/<space_id>/api/cases/<case_id>/comments/<comment_id>`

=== {api-prereq-title}

You must have `read` or `all` privileges and the `delete` sub-feature privilege
for the *Cases* feature in the *Management*, *{observability}*, or *Security*
section of the <<kibana-feature-privileges,{kib} feature privileges>>, depending
on the `owner` of the cases you're updating.

=== {api-path-parms-title}

`<case_id>`::
(Required, string) The identifier for the case. To retrieve case IDs, use
<<cases-api-find-cases>>.

`<comment_id>`::
(Optional, string) The identifier for the comment. To retrieve comment IDs, use
<<cases-api-get-case>> or <<cases-api-find-cases>>. If it is not specified, all
comments are deleted.

<space_id>::
(Optional, string) An identifier for the space. If it is not specified, the
default space is used.

=== {api-response-codes-title}

`204`::
   Indicates a successful call.

=== {api-examples-title}

Delete all comments from case ID `9c235210-6834-11ea-a78c-6ffb38a34414`:

[source,console]
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DELETE api/cases/a18b38a0-71b0-11ea-a0b2-c51ea50a58e2/comments
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// KIBANA

Delete comment ID `71ec1870-725b-11ea-a0b2-c51ea50a58e2` from case ID
`a18b38a0-71b0-11ea-a0b2-c51ea50a58e2`:

[source,sh]
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DELETE api/cases/a18b38a0-71b0-11ea-a0b2-c51ea50a58e2/comments/71ec1870-725b-11ea-a0b2-c51ea50a58e2
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// KIBANA