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This topic describes how to delete [!INCLUDEmsCoName] [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] Agent alerts in [!INCLUDEssCurrent] by using [!INCLUDEssManStudioFull] or [!INCLUDEtsql].

In This Topic

• Before you begin:

  Limitations and Restrictions

  Security

• To delete an alert, using:

  SQL Server Management Studio

  Transact-SQL

Removing an alert also removes any notifications associated with the alert.

By default, only members of the sysadmin fixed server role can delete alerts.

1. In Object Explorer, click the plus sign to expand the server that contains the SQL Server Agent alert that you want to delete.

2. Click the plus sign to expand SQL Server Agent.

3. Click the plus sign to expand the Alerts folder.

4. Right-click the alert you want to delete and select Delete.

5. In the Delete Object dialog box, confirm that the correct alert is selected and click OK.

1. In Object Explorer, connect to an instance of [!INCLUDEssDE].

2. On the Standard bar, click New Query.

3. Copy and paste the following example into the query window and click Execute.

   -- deletes the SQL Server Agent alert called 'Test Alert.'  
   USE msdb ;  
   GO  
   
   EXEC dbo.sp_delete_alert  
      @name = N'Test Alert' ;  
   GO  
   

For more information, see sp_delete_alert (Transact-SQL).