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# Operations with Specific Link Issues﻿

Last modified: 31 March 2025

This resource lets you read, add, and remove links to other issues for the current one.

| Resource | ``` /api/issues/{issueID}/links/{linkID}/issues/{issueID} ``` |
| --- | --- |
| Returned entity | Issue. For the description of the entity attributes, see [Supported Fields](/help/youtrack/devportal/operations-api-issues-issueID-links-linkID-issues.html#Issue-supported-fields) section. |
| Supported methods | - `DELETE`: [Link Issues](/help/youtrack/devportal/operations-api-issues-issueID-links-linkID-issues.html#delete-Issue-method). |

## Issue attributes﻿

Represents an issue in YouTrack.

### Related Resources﻿

Below you can find the list of resources that let you work with this entity.

- /api/issues
- /api/issues/{issueID}/links/{linkID}/issues
- /api/admin/projects/{projectID}/issues

### Attributes﻿

This table describes attributes of the `Issue` entity.


| --- | --- | --- |
| id | String | The database ID of the issue. `Read-only`. |
| attachments | Array of IssueAttachments | The list of attachments in the issue. |
| comments | Array of IssueComments | A list of comments for the issue. |
| commentsCount | Int | The number of comments in the issue. `Read-only`. |
| created | Long | The timestamp in milliseconds indicating the moment when the issue was created. Stored as a unix timestamp at UTC. `Read-only`. |
| customFields | Array of IssueCustomFields | The collection of custom fields that are present in the issue. `Read-only`. |
| description | String | The issue description. `Can be null`. |
| draftOwner | User | The creator of the draft if the issue is a draft. `null` if the issue is reported. `Read-only`. `Can be null`. |
| externalIssue | ExternalIssue | Reference to the issue or similar object in an originating third-party system. `Read-only`. `Can be null`. |
| idReadable | String | The issue ID as seen in the YouTrack interface. `Read-only`. |
| isDraft | Boolean | `true` if this issue is a draft, `false` if it is reported. `Read-only`. |
| links | Array of IssueLinks | Issue links (for example, `relates to`, `parent for`, and so on). `Read-only`. |
| numberInProject | Long | The issue number in the project. `Read-only`. |
| parent | IssueLink | The parent issue for the current one. If the issue is not a sub-task of any issue, then `null`. `Read-only`. |
| pinnedComments | Array of IssueComments | The list of comments that are pinned in the issue. `Read-only`. |
| project | Project | The project where the issue belongs. `Can be null`. |
| reporter | User | The user who reported (created) the issue. `Read-only`. `Can be null`. |
| resolved | Long | The timestamp in milliseconds indicating the moment when the issue was assigned a state that is considered to be resolved. Stored as a unix timestamp at UTC. `null` if the issue is still in an unresolved state. `Read-only`. `Can be null`. |
| subtasks | IssueLink | The list of sub-tasks of the issue. `Read-only`. |
| summary | String | The issue summary. `Can be null`. |
| tags | Array of Tags | The list of tags that are added to the issue. |
| updated | Long | The timestamp in milliseconds indicating the last update of the issue. Stored as a unix timestamp at UTC. `Read-only`. |
| updater | User | The user who last updated the issue. `Read-only`. `Can be null`. |
| visibility | Visibility | Visibility settings of the issue. They describe who is allowed to see the issue. `Can be null`. |
| voters | IssueVoters | Object that contains data about voters for the issue and for its duplicates. `Read-only`. |
| votes | Int | The sum of votes for this issue and votes for its duplicates. A reporter of a duplicate issue automatically becomes a voter for the main issue. `Read-only`. |
| watchers | IssueWatchers | Object that contains data about users watching this issue or its duplicates. `Read-only`. |
| wikifiedDescription | String | The issue description as shown in the UI after processing wiki/Markdown markup (including HTML markup). `Read-only`. |

## Delete the Issue Link﻿

Delete the link between issues.

### Request syntax﻿

DELETE /api/issues/{issueID}/links/{linkID}/issues/{issueID}

| {issueID} | The database ID of the issue that you need to unlink from the current one. |
| --- | --- |

### Request parameters﻿

| Parameter | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| fields | String | A list of Issue attributes that should be returned in the response. If no field is specified, only the `entityID` is returned. |

### Sample﻿

#### Sample request﻿

https://example.youtrack.cloud/api/issues/2-33/links/80-2s/issues/2-72

- [Operations with Specific Link Issues](/help/youtrack/devportal/operations-api-issues-issueID-links-linkID-issues.html)
- [Issue attributes](/help/youtrack/devportal/operations-api-issues-issueID-links-linkID-issues.html#Issue-supported-fields)
- [Delete the Issue Link](/help/youtrack/devportal/operations-api-issues-issueID-links-linkID-issues.html#delete-Issue-method)

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