Method: spreadsheets.values.batchClear
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Clears one or more ranges of values from a spreadsheet. The caller must specify the spreadsheet ID and one or more ranges. Only values are cleared -- all other properties of the cell (such as formatting and data validation) are kept.
HTTP request
POST https://sheets.googleapis.com/v4/spreadsheets/{spreadsheetId}/values:batchClear
The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.
Path parameters
Parameters |
spreadsheetId |
string
The ID of the spreadsheet to update.
|
Request body
The request body contains data with the following structure:
JSON representation |
{
"ranges": [
string
]
} |
Fields |
ranges[] |
string
The ranges to clear, in A1 notation or R1C1 notation.
|
Response body
The response when clearing a range of values in a spreadsheet.
If successful, the response body contains data with the following structure:
JSON representation |
{
"spreadsheetId": string,
"clearedRanges": [
string
]
} |
Fields |
spreadsheetId |
string
The spreadsheet the updates were applied to.
|
clearedRanges[] |
string
The ranges that were cleared, in A1 notation. If the requests are for an unbounded range or a ranger larger than the bounds of the sheet, this is the actual ranges that were cleared, bounded to the sheet's limits.
|
Authorization scopes
Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.file
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets
For more information, see the Authorization guide.
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Last updated 2025-03-21 UTC.
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