---
title: "DELETE /projects/{projectsId}/datasets/{datasetsId}"
method: DELETE
path: "/projects/{projectsId}/datasets/{datasetsId}"
tags: ["datasets"]
---

# DELETE /projects/{projectsId}/datasets/{datasetsId}

`DELETE /projects/{projectsId}/datasets/{datasetsId}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://bigquery.googleapis.com/bigquery/v2`
- URL: `https://bigquery.googleapis.com/bigquery/v2/projects/{projectsId}/datasets/{datasetsId}`
- Auth: one of:
  - OAuth 2 and OAuth 2
    - Implicit: `https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth`
    - Scopes: `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/bigquery`
    - Authorization code: `https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth`
    - Token URL: `https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/token` scopes: `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/bigquery`
  - OAuth 2 and OAuth 2
    - Implicit: `https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth`
    - Scopes: `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform`
    - Authorization code: `https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth`
    - Token URL: `https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/token` scopes: `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform`

Deletes the dataset specified by the datasetId value. Before you can delete a dataset, you must delete all its tables, either manually or by specifying deleteContents. Immediately after deletion, you can create another dataset with the same name. # IAM Permissions Requires the `bigquery.datasets.delete` permission on the dataset.

## Path parameters

- `projectsId` string, required
- `datasetsId` string, required

## Query parameters

- `deleteContents` boolean

## Response `200`

Successful response

## Changes

- **2026-11-05** `33188b5cf151`: 4 info
  - the security scope `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/bigquery` was added to the endpoint's security scheme `Oauth2`
  - the security scope `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/bigquery` was added to the endpoint's security scheme `Oauth2c`
  - the security scope `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform` was removed from the endpoint's security scheme `Oauth2`
  - the security scope `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform` was removed from the endpoint's security scheme `Oauth2c`
- **2026-10-29** `1c22958240fa`: 4 info
  - the security scope `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/bigquery` was added to the endpoint's security scheme `Oauth2`
  - the security scope `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/bigquery` was added to the endpoint's security scheme `Oauth2c`
  - the security scope `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform` was removed from the endpoint's security scheme `Oauth2`
  - the security scope `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform` was removed from the endpoint's security scheme `Oauth2c`

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/google/apis/bigquery/changes/projects/:projectsId/datasets/:datasetsId/delete.md)

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