Summary: This paper is addressed to the study of the null controllability for integer order integro-differential equations. Unlike the known results for partial differential equations, we need to consider the equation involving a \(\beta\)-power of the Laplace operator \((-\varDelta)^\beta\) and an integral term. The key point is to construct a suitable state space of the controlled system at the final time. We first discuss a class of hyperbolic integro-differential equation. We prove that the controlled system is null controllable by an Ingham-type estimate. Also, the controllability time is given. On the other hand, by reduction to absurdity, we deduce that the null controllability property fails for a class of parabolic integro-differential equation with \(\beta\in\mathbb{N}^+\).