Delete the incident

Delete the incident using a DELETE request.

Before you begin

Role required: admin, web_service_admin, or rest_api_explorer

About this task

Use the REST API Explorer to send the following request:

DELETE https://instance.service-now.com/api/now/v1/table/incident/{sys_id}

Procedure

1. In the top-left of the REST API Explorer, click Delete a record (DELETE).

2. In the Path Parameters section, select the Incident (incident) table.

3. In the sys_id field, enter the sys_id of the record you created.

4. Click Send.

   The response indicates the Status code and Execution time (in milliseconds) of the request.

   [Omitted image "rest-api-exp-delete-response.png"] Alt text: REST API Explorer DELETE response

5. Verify that the response Status code is 204.

Parent Topic:Use the REST API Explorer