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        Deletes a collection from your Merchant Center account.
      
      
        
          HTTP request
          DELETE https://shoppingcontent.googleapis.com/content/v2.1/{merchantId}/collections/{collectionId}
        
        
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                | Parameters | 
            
            
              
                | merchantId | string (int64 format)
 Required. The ID of the account that contains the collection. This account cannot be a multi-client account. | 
              
                | collectionId | string
 Required. The collectionId of the collection. CollectionId is the same as the REST ID of the collection. | 
            
          
        
        
          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/content
For more information, see the OAuth 2.0 Overview.
        
      
      
    
  
  
  
 
  
    
    
      
       
    
    
  
  
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      [null,null,["Last updated 2025-02-25 UTC."],[],["The core action is deleting a collection from a Merchant Center account via a `DELETE` HTTP request. The request URL includes `merchantId` and `collectionId` as required path parameters. The request body must be empty.  A successful deletion returns an empty JSON object in the response body. The authorization requires the `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/content` OAuth scope. The `merchantId` should be from a single client account, not a multi-client one.\n"]]