Method: spaces.members.delete
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Deletes a membership. For an example, see Remove a user or a Google Chat app from a space.
Supports the following types of authentication:
App authentication is not supported for the following use cases:
- Removing a Google Group from a space.
- Removing a Chat app from a space.
To delete memberships for space managers, the requester must be a space manager. If you're using app authentication the Chat app must be the space creator.
HTTP request
DELETE https://chat.googleapis.com/v1/{name=spaces/*/members/*}
The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.
Path parameters
| Parameters |
name |
string
Required. Resource name of the membership to delete. Chat apps can delete human users' or their own memberships. Chat apps can't delete other apps' memberships. When deleting a human membership, requires the chat.memberships scope with user authentication or the chat.memberships.app scope with app authentication and the spaces/{space}/members/{member} format. You can use the email as an alias for {member}. For example, spaces/{space}/members/example@gmail.com where example@gmail.com is the email of the Google Chat user. When deleting an app membership, requires the chat.memberships.app scope and spaces/{space}/members/app format. Format: spaces/{space}/members/{member} or spaces/{space}/members/app.
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Query parameters
| Parameters |
useAdminAccess |
boolean
Optional. When true, the method runs using the user's Google Workspace administrator privileges. The calling user must be a Google Workspace administrator with the manage chat and spaces conversations privilege. Requires the chat.admin.memberships OAuth 2.0 scope. Deleting app memberships in a space isn't supported using admin access.
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Request body
The request body must be empty.
Response body
If successful, the response body contains an instance of Membership.
Authorization scopes
Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.app.membershipshttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.admin.membershipshttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.importhttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.membershipshttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.memberships.app
For more information, see the Authorization guide.
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Last updated 2025-07-25 UTC.
[null,null,["Last updated 2025-07-25 UTC."],[[["\u003cp\u003eDeletes a specified membership from a Google Chat space, allowing removal of human users or Chat apps.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eRequires specific OAuth scopes depending on the type of membership being deleted and whether admin privileges are used.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eSupports app and user authentication, with an option for administrator approval in Developer Preview for app authentication.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eUses a \u003ccode\u003eDELETE\u003c/code\u003e request with the membership's resource name specified in the path.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eProvides an optional \u003ccode\u003euseAdminAccess\u003c/code\u003e query parameter to utilize administrator privileges when deleting human memberships.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],["This API action deletes a membership using a `DELETE` request to `https://chat.googleapis.com/v1/{name=spaces/*/members/*}`. It requires specifying the membership's resource name in the `name` path parameter. Deleting human memberships requires the `chat.memberships` scope, while deleting app memberships requires the `chat.memberships.app` scope. Administrators can use `useAdminAccess` query parameter to operate with elevated privileges. The request body should be empty, and a successful response returns a `Membership` instance. Necessary authorization scopes include `chat.app.memberships`, `chat.admin.memberships`, `chat.import`, `chat.memberships`, and `chat.memberships.app`.\n"],null,["# Method: spaces.members.delete\n\n- [HTTP request](#body.HTTP_TEMPLATE)\n- [Path parameters](#body.PATH_PARAMETERS)\n- [Query parameters](#body.QUERY_PARAMETERS)\n- [Request body](#body.request_body)\n- [Response body](#body.response_body)\n- [Authorization scopes](#body.aspect)\n- [Try it!](#try-it)\n\nDeletes a membership. For an example, see [Remove a user or a Google Chat app from a space](https://developers.google.com/workspace/chat/delete-members).\n\nSupports the following types of [authentication](https://developers.google.com/workspace/chat/authenticate-authorize):\n\n- [App authentication](https://developers.google.com/workspace/chat/authenticate-authorize-chat-app) with [administrator approval](https://support.google.com/a?p=chat-app-auth) and the authorization scope:\n\n - `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.app.memberships`\n- [User authentication](https://developers.google.com/workspace/chat/authenticate-authorize-chat-user) with one of the following authorization scopes:\n\n - `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.memberships`\n - `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.memberships.app` (to remove the calling app from the space)\n - `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.import` (import mode spaces only)\n - User authentication grants administrator privileges when an administrator account authenticates, `useAdminAccess` is `true`, and the following authorization scope is used:\n - `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.admin.memberships`\n\nApp authentication is not supported for the following use cases:\n\n- Removing a Google Group from a space.\n- Removing a Chat app from a space.\n\nTo delete memberships for space managers, the requester must be a space manager. If you're using [app authentication](https://developers.google.com/workspace/chat/authenticate-authorize-chat-app) the Chat app must be the space creator.\n\n### HTTP request\n\n`DELETE https://chat.googleapis.com/v1/{name=spaces/*/members/*}`\n\nThe URL uses [gRPC Transcoding](https://google.aip.dev/127) syntax.\n\n### Path parameters\n\n| Parameters ||\n|--------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| `name` | `string` Required. Resource name of the membership to delete. Chat apps can delete human users' or their own memberships. Chat apps can't delete other apps' memberships. When deleting a human membership, requires the `chat.memberships` scope with [user authentication](https://developers.google.com/workspace/chat/authenticate-authorize-chat-user) or the `chat.memberships.app` scope with [app authentication](https://developers.google.com/workspace/chat/authenticate-authorize-chat-app) and the `spaces/{space}/members/{member}` format. You can use the email as an alias for `{member}`. For example, `spaces/{space}/members/example@gmail.com` where `example@gmail.com` is the email of the Google Chat user. When deleting an app membership, requires the `chat.memberships.app` scope and `spaces/{space}/members/app` format. Format: `spaces/{space}/members/{member}` or `spaces/{space}/members/app`. |\n\n### Query parameters\n\n| Parameters ||\n|------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| `useAdminAccess` | `boolean` Optional. When `true`, the method runs using the user's Google Workspace administrator privileges. The calling user must be a Google Workspace administrator with the [manage chat and spaces conversations privilege](https://support.google.com/a/answer/13369245). Requires the `chat.admin.memberships` [OAuth 2.0 scope](https://developers.google.com/workspace/chat/authenticate-authorize#chat-api-scopes). Deleting app memberships in a space isn't supported using admin access. |\n\n### Request body\n\nThe request body must be empty.\n\n### Response body\n\nIf successful, the response body contains an instance of [Membership](/workspace/chat/api/reference/rest/v1/spaces.members#Membership).\n\n### Authorization scopes\n\nRequires one of the following OAuth scopes:\n\n- `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.app.memberships`\n- `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.admin.memberships`\n- `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.import`\n- `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.memberships`\n- `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.memberships.app`\n\nFor more information, see the [Authorization guide](/workspace/chat/authenticate-authorize)."]]
