GOgoogle
files

DELETE /files/{fileId}

Changed on

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.

Request

  • Base URL
    https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v3
  • Auth
    • OAuth 2 and OAuth 2
      Implicithttps://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth
      Scopeshttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive
      Authorization codehttps://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth
      Token URLhttps://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/token
      Scopeshttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive
    • or OAuth 2 and OAuth 2
      Implicithttps://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth
      Scopeshttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.appdata
      Authorization codehttps://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth
      Token URLhttps://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/token
      Scopeshttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.appdata
    • or OAuth 2 and OAuth 2
      Implicithttps://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth
      Scopeshttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.file
      Authorization codehttps://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth
      Token URLhttps://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/token
      Scopeshttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.file

Path parameters

fileIdstring required

The ID of the file.

Query parameters

enforceSingleParentboolean

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.

supportsAllDrivesboolean

Whether the requesting application supports both My Drives and shared drives.

supportsTeamDrivesboolean

Deprecated: Use supportsAllDrives instead.

Response

Successful response

Changes

  • d1fe7d8d02c7Revision changes
    • info

      the security scope https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive was added to the endpoint's security scheme Oauth2

    • info

      the security scope https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive was added to the endpoint's security scheme Oauth2c

    • info

      the security scope https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.file was removed from the endpoint's security scheme Oauth2

    • info

      the security scope https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.file was removed from the endpoint's security scheme Oauth2c

  • 3257eb8f178cRevision changes
    • info

      the security scope https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive was added to the endpoint's security scheme Oauth2

    • info

      the security scope https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive was added to the endpoint's security scheme Oauth2c

    • info

      the security scope https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.file was removed from the endpoint's security scheme Oauth2

    • info

      the security scope https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.file was removed from the endpoint's security scheme Oauth2c