Deleting your Test Plans from TFS

Introduction

This article explains how you can delete your test plans from versions >= TFS 2012 via Developer Command Prompt with witadmin.

Why like this?

Trying to delete the test plan from MTM or from TFS web UI is not possible.

So, In MTM2012/MTM2013/MTM2015, there is no direct way to delete a test plan. We need delete the corresponding work item using TFS command line options in command prompt in order to delete a test plan.

Developer Command Prompt

If you installed Visual Studio 2012/2013/2015 but you are not able to find the “developer command prompt” in your Windows 8/10 environment, the solution is simple. Go to folder: “C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\Tools\Shortcuts” (12.0 varies depending on the VS version).

Run witadmin command

Then, you need to run your command for deleting the test plan:

witadmin destroywi /collection:http://<your server name>:8080/tfs/<your collection name> /id:<the id o the test plan you want to delete>

More about TFS 2013 you can find in this book: 
Professional Team Foundation Server 2013 (Wrox Programmer to Programmer)

Enjoy the book!

Happy testing and... make it green, becomes a dream :).