Method: users.messages.delete
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Immediately and permanently deletes the specified message. This operation cannot be undone. Prefer messages.trash instead.
HTTP request
DELETE https://gmail.googleapis.com/gmail/v1/users/{userId}/messages/{id}
The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.
Path parameters
| Parameters |
userId |
string
The user's email address. The special value me can be used to indicate the authenticated user.
|
id |
string
The ID of the message to delete.
|
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:
For more information, see the Authorization guide.
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Last updated 2025-03-24 UTC.
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