Method: accounts.delete

  • This API request soft-deletes a specified Google Analytics 4 account, essentially moving it to the trash.

  • Soft-deleted accounts and their associated data are permanently deleted after a certain time period, unless restored through the Trash Can UI.

  • The request requires the analytics.edit scope for authorization and uses a DELETE request with the account name as a path parameter.

  • There's no specific API method to restore deleted accounts; restoration is handled via the Google Analytics UI.

  • If the targeted account is not found, the request will return an error.

Marks target Account as soft-deleted (ie: "trashed") and returns it.

This API does not have a method to restore soft-deleted accounts. However, they can be restored using the Trash Can UI.

If the accounts are not restored before the expiration time, the account and all child resources (eg: Properties, GoogleAdsLinks, Streams, AccessBindings) will be permanently purged. https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6154772

Returns an error if the target is not found.

HTTP request

DELETE https://analyticsadmin.googleapis.com/v1alpha/{name=accounts/*}

The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.

Path parameters

Parameters
name

string

Required. The name of the Account to soft-delete. Format: accounts/{account} Example: "accounts/100"

Request body

The request body must be empty.

Response body

If successful, the response body is an empty JSON object.

Authorization scopes

Requires the following OAuth scope:

  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/analytics.edit