Revisions: delete

Permanently deletes a file version. You can only delete revisions for files with binary content, like images or videos. Revisions for other files, like Google Docs or Sheets, and the last remaining file version can't be deleted. Try it now or see an example.

Request

HTTP request

DELETE https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v2/files/fileId/revisions/revisionId

Parameters

Parameter name	Value	Description
Path parameters
`fileId`	`string`	The ID of the file.
`revisionId`	`string`	The ID of the revision.

Authorization

This request requires authorization with at least one of the following scopes:

Scope
`https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive`
`https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.file`
`https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.appdata`

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

Request body

Do not supply a request body with this method.

Response

If successful, this method returns an empty response body.

Examples

Note: The code examples available for this method do not represent all supported programming languages (see the client libraries page for a list of supported languages).

Java

Uses the Java client library.

import com.google.api.services.drive.Drive;

import java.io.IOException;
// ...

public class MyClass {

  // ...

  /**
   * Remove a revision.
   *
   * @param service Drive API service instance.
   * @param fileId ID of the file to remove the revision for.
   * @param revisionId ID of the revision to remove.
   */
  private static void removeRevision(Drive service, String fileId,
      String revisionId) {
    try {
      service.revisions().delete(fileId, revisionId).execute();
    } catch (IOException e) {
      System.out.println("An error occurred: " + e);
    }
  }

  // ...

}

.NET

Uses the .NET client library.

using Google.Apis.Drive.v2;
using Google.Apis.Drive.v2.Data;

using System.Net;
// ...

public class MyClass {

  // ...

  /// <summary>
  /// Remove a revision.
  /// </summary>
  /// <param name="service">Drive API service instance.</param>
  /// <param name="fileId">ID of the file to remove the revision for.</param>
  /// <param name="revisionId">ID of the revision to remove.</param>
  public static void RemoveRevision(DriveService service, String fileId,
      String revisionId) {
    try {
      service.Revisions.Delete(fileId, revisionId).Execute();
    } catch (Exception e) {
      Console.WriteLine("An error occurred: " + e.Message);
    }
  }

  // ...

}

PHP

Uses the PHP client library.

/**
 * Remove a revision.
 *
 * @param Google_Service_Drive $service Drive API service instance.
 * @param String $fileId ID of the file to remove the revision for.
 * @param String $revisionId ID of the revision to remove.
 */
function removeRevision($service, $fileId, $revisionId) {
  try {
    $service->revisions->delete($fileId, $revisionId);
  } catch (Exception $e) {
    print "An error occurred: " . $e->getMessage();
  }
}

Python

Uses the Python client library.

from apiclient import errors
# ...

def remove_revision(service, file_id, revision_id):
  """Remove a revision.

  Args:
    service: Drive API service instance.
    file_id: ID of the file to remove the revision for.
    revision_id: ID of the revision to remove.
  """
  try:
    service.revisions().delete(
        fileId=file_id, revisionId=revision_id).execute()
  except errors.HttpError, error:
    print 'An error occurred: %s' % error

JavaScript

Uses the JavaScript client library.

/**
 * Remove a revision.
 *
 * @param {String} fileId ID of the file to remove the revision for.
 * @param {String} revisionId ID of the revision to remove.
 */
function removeRevision(fileId, revisionId) {
  var request = gapi.client.drive.revisions.delete({
    'fileId': fileId,
    'revisionId': revisionId
  });
  request.execute(function(resp) { });
}

Go

Uses the Go client library.

import (
  "google.golang.org/drive/v2"
  "fmt"
)


// RemoveRevision removes the given revision from the given file
func RemoveRevision(d *drive.Service, fileId string, revisionId string) error {
  err := d.Revisions.Delete(fileId, revisionId).Do()
  if err != nil {
    fmt.Printf("An error occurred: %v\n", err)
    return err
  }
  return nil
}

Objective-C

Uses the Objective-C client library.

#import "GTLDrive.h"
// ...

+ (void)removeRevisionWithService:(GTLServiceDrive *)service
                           fileId:(NSString *)fileId
                       revisionId:(NSString *)revisionId {
  GTLQueryDrive *query =
    [GTLQueryDrive queryForRevisionsDeleteWithFileId:fileId
                                          revisionId:revisionId];
  // queryTicket can be used to track the status of the request.
  GTLServiceTicket *queryTicket =
    [service executeQuery:query
        completionHandler:^(GTLServiceTicket *ticket, id object, NSError *error) {
          if (error != nil) {
            NSLog(@"An error occurred: %@", error);
          }
        }];
}

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