# Delete a comment

> Delete a comment on an issue or a pull request, named by comment_id.

<div class="g1t-endpoint"><span class="g1t-method" data-method="delete">DELETE</span><code>/repos/{owner}/{name}/issues/comments/{comment_id}</code></div>

Its author may delete it, and so may anyone with the Maintain role or higher. A review that approved or requested changes cannot be deleted, only edited, and notes of what happened cannot be deleted. This cannot be undone. Publishes comment.deleted with the comment as it was.

Answers `204` with no body. Its author, or someone with the Maintain role or higher. A review that approved or requested changes answers `409`: edit it instead.

- **Authentication:** Required. Send an [access token](/reference/api/#authentication) as `Authorization: Bearer`.
- **MCP tool:** [`issue`](/reference/mcp/#issue) with `action` `delete_comment`, and the same inputs
- **Scope:** An access token needs [`issues:write`](/guides/authentication/#scopes).

## Path parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `owner` | string | Yes | The workspace that owns the repository. |
| `name` | string | Yes | The repository's name. |
| `comment_id` | string | Yes | The comment's id, such as "cmt_01J9Z8": each comment's id in [`get_issue`](/reference/api/issues/get-issue/) or [`get_pull_request`](/reference/api/pull-requests/get-pull-request/). |

## Example request

```sh
curl -X DELETE https://api.g1t.sh/repos/flagon-io/hello/issues/comments/cmt_01m43sv4c8e2g6j0m4q8t2x6a1 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $G1T_TOKEN"
```

## Example response

A successful request answers `200`.

## Errors

A failed request answers with one of these statuses and a body like `{"error": {"code": "not_found", "message": "Repository not found."}}`. See [errors](/reference/api/#errors).

| Status | Code | When |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 401 | `unauthenticated` | A token is required, or the one sent is not valid. |
| 403 | `forbidden` | The token is valid but not allowed to do this, such as a member-only change or an agent token outside its repository. |
| 404 | `not_found` | It does not exist, or you cannot see it. |
| 409 | `conflict` | The request conflicts with the current state. |
| 422 | `invalid` | The input is not valid. `message` says which field and why. |