# /api/v3/work_packages/{id}/watchers/{user_id}
---
delete:
  parameters:
  - description: Work package id
    example: '1'
    in: path
    name: id
    required: true
    schema:
      type: integer
  - description: User id
    example: '1'
    in: path
    name: user_id
    required: true
    schema:
      type: integer
  responses:
    '204':
      description: No Content
      headers: {}
    '403':
      content:
        application/hal+json:
          examples:
            response:
              value:
                _type: Error
                errorIdentifier: urn:openproject-org:api:v3:errors:MissingPermission
                message: You are not allowed to remove watchers from this work package.
      description: |-
        Returned if the client does not have sufficient permissions.

        **Required permission:** delete work package watchers

        *Note that you will only receive this error, if you are at least allowed to see the corresponding work package.*
      headers: {}
    '404':
      content:
        application/hal+json:
          examples:
            response:
              value:
                _type: Error
                errorIdentifier: urn:openproject-org:api:v3:errors:NotFound
                message: The specified work package does not exist.
      description: |-
        Returned in one of the following cases:

        Either the work package does not exist or the client does not have sufficient permissions to see it.

        **Required permission:** view work package

        Or the specified user does not exist at all.

        *Note that you will effectively not be able to change the watchers of a work package without being able to see the work package.*
      headers: {}
  tags:
  - Work Packages
  description: |-
    Removes the specified user from the list of watchers for the given work package.

    If the request succeeds, the specified user is not watching the work package anymore.

    *Note: This might also be the case, if the specified user did not watch the work package prior to the request.*
  operationId: Remove_watcher
  summary: Remove watcher