Method: drives.delete
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Permanently deletes a shared drive for which the user is an organizer. The shared drive cannot contain any untrashed items.
HTTP request
DELETE https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v2/drives/{driveId}
The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.
Path parameters
| Parameters |
driveId |
string
The ID of the shared drive.
|
Query parameters
| Parameters |
useDomainAdminAccess |
boolean
Issue the request as a domain administrator; if set to true, then the requester will be granted access if they are an administrator of the domain to which the shared drive belongs.
|
allowItemDeletion |
boolean
Whether any items inside the shared drive should also be deleted. This option is only supported when useDomainAdminAccess is also set to true.
|
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/drive
Some scopes are restricted and require a security assessment for your app to use them. For more information, see the Authorization guide.
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Last updated 2025-04-03 UTC.
[null,null,["Last updated 2025-04-03 UTC."],[],[],null,["# Method: drives.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\nPermanently deletes a shared drive for which the user is an `organizer`. The shared drive cannot contain any untrashed items.\n\n### HTTP request\n\n`DELETE https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v2/drives/{driveId}`\n\nThe URL uses [gRPC Transcoding](https://google.aip.dev/127) syntax.\n\n### Path parameters\n\n| Parameters ||\n|-----------|--------------------------------------|\n| `driveId` | `string` The ID of the shared drive. |\n\n### Query parameters\n\n| Parameters ||\n|------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| `useDomainAdminAccess` | `boolean` Issue the request as a domain administrator; if set to true, then the requester will be granted access if they are an administrator of the domain to which the shared drive belongs. |\n| `allowItemDeletion` | `boolean` Whether any items inside the shared drive should also be deleted. This option is only supported when `useDomainAdminAccess` is also set to `true`. |\n\n### Request body\n\nThe request body must be empty.\n\n### Response body\n\nIf successful, the response body is an empty JSON object.\n\n### Authorization scopes\n\nRequires the following OAuth scope:\n\n- `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive`\n\nSome scopes are restricted and require a security assessment for your app to use them. For more information, see the [Authorization guide](/workspace/guides/configure-oauth-consent)."]]
