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[null,null,["Last updated 2025-02-27 UTC."],[],["To delete a watch, send a `DELETE` request to `https://forms.googleapis.com/v1/forms/{formId}/watches/{watchId}`, specifying the `formId` and `watchId` as path parameters. The request body must be empty. A successful operation returns an empty JSON object. Authorization requires one of several specified OAuth scopes, including those related to drive and form read and write access.\n"],null,["# Method: forms.watches.delete\n\n- [HTTP request](#body.HTTP_TEMPLATE)\n- [Path parameters](#body.PATH_PARAMETERS)\n- [Request body](#body.request_body)\n- [Response body](#body.response_body)\n- [Authorization scopes](#body.aspect)\n\nDelete a watch.\n\n### HTTP request\n\n`DELETE https://forms.googleapis.com/v1/forms/{formId}/watches/{watchId}`\n\nThe URL uses [gRPC Transcoding](https://google.aip.dev/127) syntax.\n\n### Path parameters\n\n| Parameters ||\n|-----------|---------------------------------------------------|\n| `formId` | `string` Required. The ID of the Form. |\n| `watchId` | `string` Required. The ID of the Watch to delete. |\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 one of the following OAuth scopes:\n\n- `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive`\n- `\n https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.file`\n- `\n https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.readonly`\n- `\n https://www.googleapis.com/auth/forms.body`\n- `\n https://www.googleapis.com/auth/forms.body.readonly`\n- `\n https://www.googleapis.com/auth/forms.responses.readonly`\n\nFor more information, see the [Authorization guide](/workspace/guides/configure-oauth-consent)."]]
