Method: accounts.delete
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Deletes the specified account regardless of its type: standalone, advanced account or sub-account. Deleting an advanced account leads to the deletion of all of its sub-accounts. Executing this method requires admin access. The deletion succeeds only if the account does not provide services to any other account and has no processed offers. You can use the force parameter to override this.
HTTP request
DELETE https://merchantapi.googleapis.com/accounts/v1/{name=accounts/*}
The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.
Path parameters
| Parameters |
name |
string
Required. The name of the account to delete. Format: accounts/{account}
|
Query parameters
| Parameters |
force |
boolean
Optional. If set to true, the account is deleted even if it provides services to other accounts or has processed offers.
|
Request body
The request body must be empty.
Response body
If successful, the response body is an empty JSON object.
Authorization scopes
Requires the following OAuth scope:
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/content
For more information, see the OAuth 2.0 Overview.
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Last updated 2025-07-31 UTC.
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