Method: files.delete

• HTTP request
• Path parameters
• Query parameters
• Request body
• Response body
• Authorization scopes
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Permanently deletes a file owned by the user without moving it to the trash. If the file belongs to a shared drive, the user must be an organizer on the parent folder. If the target is a folder, all descendants owned by the user are also deleted.

HTTP request

DELETE https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v2/files/{fileId}

The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.

Path parameters

Parameters
fileId	string The ID of the file to delete.

Query parameters

Parameters
supportsAllDrives	boolean Whether the requesting application supports both My Drives and shared drives.
supportsTeamDrives (deprecated)	boolean Deprecated: Use supportsAllDrives instead.
enforceSingleParent (deprecated)	boolean Deprecated: If an item is not in a shared drive and its last parent is deleted but the item itself is not, the item is placed under its owner's root.

Request body

The request body must be empty.

Response body

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

Authorization scopes

Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/docs
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.appdata
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.file

Some scopes are restricted and require a security assessment for your app to use them. For more information, see the Authorization guide.