Delete a account

Merchant API code sample to delete a account.

Java

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package shopping.merchant.samples.accounts.accounts.v1;
import com.google.api.gax.core.FixedCredentialsProvider;
import com.google.auth.oauth2.GoogleCredentials;
import com.google.shopping.merchant.accounts.v1.AccountName;
import com.google.shopping.merchant.accounts.v1.AccountsServiceClient;
import com.google.shopping.merchant.accounts.v1.AccountsServiceSettings;
import com.google.shopping.merchant.accounts.v1.DeleteAccountRequest;
import shopping.merchant.samples.utils.Authenticator;
import shopping.merchant.samples.utils.Config;

/** This class demonstrates how to delete a given Merchant Center account. */
public class DeleteAccountSample {

  // This method can delete a standalone, advanced account or sub-account. If you delete an advanced
  // account,
  // all sub-accounts will also be deleted.
  // Admin user access is required to execute this method.

  public static void deleteAccount(Config config) throws Exception {

    // Obtains OAuth token based on the user's configuration.
    GoogleCredentials credential = new Authenticator().authenticate();

    // Creates service settings using the credentials retrieved above.
    AccountsServiceSettings accountsServiceSettings =
        AccountsServiceSettings.newBuilder()
            .setCredentialsProvider(FixedCredentialsProvider.create(credential))
            .build();

    // Gets the account ID from the config file.
    String accountId = config.getAccountId().toString();

    // Creates account name to identify the account.
    String name =
        AccountName.newBuilder()
            .setAccount(accountId)
            .build()
            .toString();

    // Calls the API and catches and prints any network failures/errors.
    try (AccountsServiceClient accountsServiceClient =
        AccountsServiceClient.create(accountsServiceSettings)) {
      DeleteAccountRequest request =
          DeleteAccountRequest.newBuilder()
              .setName(name)
              // Optional. If set to true, the account will be deleted even if it has offers or
              // provides services to other accounts. Defaults to 'false'.
              .setForce(true)
              .build();

      System.out.println("Sending Delete Account request");
      accountsServiceClient.deleteAccount(request); // No response returned on success.
      System.out.println("Delete successful.");
    } catch (Exception e) {
      System.out.println(e);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    Config config = Config.load();
    deleteAccount(config);
  }
}
DeleteAccountSample.java

PHP

<?php
/**
 * Copyright 2025 Google LLC
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
require_once __DIR__ . '/../../../../vendor/autoload.php';
require_once __DIR__ . '/../../../Authentication/Authentication.php';
require_once __DIR__ . '/../../../Authentication/Config.php';
use Google\ApiCore\ApiException;
use Google\Shopping\Merchant\Accounts\V1\Client\AccountsServiceClient;
use Google\Shopping\Merchant\Accounts\V1\DeleteAccountRequest;


/**
 * This class demonstrates how to delete a given Merchant Center account.
 */
class DeleteAccount
{
    private static function getParent(string $accountId): string
    {
        return sprintf("accounts/%s", $accountId);
    }

    // This method can delete a standalone, advanced account or sub-account.
    // If you delete an advanced account, all sub-accounts will also be deleted.
    // Admin user access is required to execute this method.
    public static function deleteAccount(array $config): void
    {
        // Gets the OAuth credentials to make the request.
        $credentials = Authentication::useServiceAccountOrTokenFile();

        // Creates options config containing credentials for the client to use.
        $options = ['credentials' => $credentials];

        // Creates a client.
        $accountsServiceClient = new AccountsServiceClient($options);


        // Gets the account ID from the config file.
        $accountId = $config['accountId'];

        // Creates account name to identify the account.
        $name = self::getParent($accountId);

        // Calls the API and catches and prints any network failures/errors.
        try {
            $request = new DeleteAccountRequest([
                'name' => $name,
                // Optional. If set to true, the account will be deleted even if it has offers or
                // provides services to other accounts. Defaults to 'false'.
                'force' => true,
            ]);

            print "Sending Delete Account request\n";
            $accountsServiceClient->deleteAccount($request); // No response returned on success.
            print "Delete successful.\n";
        } catch (ApiException $e) {
            print $e->getMessage();
        }
    }

    public function callSample(): void
    {
        $config = Config::generateConfig();
        self::deleteAccount($config);
    }
}

$sample = new DeleteAccount();
$sample->callSample();
DeleteAccountSample.php

Python

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# Copyright 2024 Google LLC
#
# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
# You may obtain a copy of the License at
#
#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
#
# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
# limitations under the License.
"""A module to delete a specific Merchant Center account."""


from examples.authentication import configuration
from examples.authentication import generate_user_credentials
from google.shopping.merchant_accounts_v1 import AccountsServiceClient
from google.shopping.merchant_accounts_v1 import DeleteAccountRequest

_ACCOUNT = configuration.Configuration().read_merchant_info()


def get_parent(account_id):
  return f"accounts/{account_id}"


def delete_account():
  """Deletes a given Merchant Center account."""

  # Get OAuth credentials.
  credentials = generate_user_credentials.main()

  # Create a client.
  client = AccountsServiceClient(credentials=credentials)

  # Create the account name.
  name = get_parent(_ACCOUNT)

  # Create the request.
  request = DeleteAccountRequest(name=name, force=True)

  # Make the request and print the response.
  try:
    print("Sending Delete Account request")
    client.delete_account(request=request)
    print("Delete successful.")
  except RuntimeError as e:
    print(e)


if __name__ == "__main__":
  delete_account()

delete_account_sample.py