Issue the request as a domain administrator; if set to true, then the requester will be granted access if they are an administrator of the domain to which the shared drive belongs.
allowItemDeletion
boolean
Whether any items inside the shared drive should also be deleted. This option is only supported when useDomainAdminAccess is also set to true.
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/drive
Some scopes are restricted and require a security assessment for your app to use them. For more information, see the Authorization guide.
[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Missing the information I need","missingTheInformationINeed","thumb-down"],["Too complicated / too many steps","tooComplicatedTooManySteps","thumb-down"],["Out of date","outOfDate","thumb-down"],["Samples / code issue","samplesCodeIssue","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-04-03 UTC."],[],[],null,["- [HTTP request](#body.HTTP_TEMPLATE)\n- [Path parameters](#body.PATH_PARAMETERS)\n- [Query parameters](#body.QUERY_PARAMETERS)\n- [Request body](#body.request_body)\n- [Response body](#body.response_body)\n- [Authorization scopes](#body.aspect)\n- [Try it!](#try-it)\n\nPermanently deletes a shared drive for which the user is an `organizer`. The shared drive cannot contain any untrashed items.\n\nHTTP request\n\n`DELETE https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v2/drives/{driveId}`\n\nThe URL uses [gRPC Transcoding](https://google.aip.dev/127) syntax.\n\nPath parameters\n\n| Parameters ||\n|-----------|--------------------------------------|\n| `driveId` | `string` The ID of the shared drive. |\n\nQuery parameters\n\n| Parameters ||\n|------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| `useDomainAdminAccess` | `boolean` Issue the request as a domain administrator; if set to true, then the requester will be granted access if they are an administrator of the domain to which the shared drive belongs. |\n| `allowItemDeletion` | `boolean` Whether any items inside the shared drive should also be deleted. This option is only supported when `useDomainAdminAccess` is also set to `true`. |\n\nRequest body\n\nThe request body must be empty.\n\nResponse body\n\nIf successful, the response body is an empty JSON object.\n\nAuthorization scopes\n\nRequires the following OAuth scope:\n\n- `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive`\n\nSome scopes are restricted and require a security assessment for your app to use them. For more information, see the [Authorization guide](/workspace/guides/configure-oauth-consent)."]]
