Permanently deletes a file owned by the user without moving it to the trash. For more information, see Trash or delete files and folders.
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.
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 isn't in a shared drive and its last parent is deleted but the item itself isn't, the item will be 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/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.
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