Files: delete

Request

HTTP request

DELETE https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v2/files/fileId

Parameters

Authorization

This request requires authorization with at least one of the following scopes:

Some scopes are restricted and require a security assessment for your app to use them. For more information, see the authentication and authorization page.

Request body

Do not supply a request body with this method.

Response

If successful, this method returns an empty response body.

Examples

Note: The code examples available for this method do not represent all supported programming languages (see the client libraries page for a list of supported languages).

import com.google.api.services.drive.Drive;

import java.io.IOException;
// ...

public class MyClass {

  // ...

  /**
   * Permanently delete a file, skipping the trash.
   *
   * @param service Drive API service instance.
   * @param fileId ID of the file to delete.
   */
  private static void deleteFile(Drive service, String fileId) {
    try {
      service.files().delete(fileId).execute();
    } catch (IOException e) {
      System.out.println("An error occurred: " + e);
    }
  }

  // ...

}

using Google.Apis.Drive.v2;
using Google.Apis.Drive.v2.Data;

using System.Net;
// ...

public class MyClass {

  // ...

  /// <summary>
  /// Permanently delete a file, skipping the trash.
  /// </summary>
  /// <param name="service">Drive API service instance.</param>
  /// <param name="fileId">ID of the file to delete.</param>
  public static void DeleteFile(DriveService service, String fileId) {
    try {
      service.Files.Delete(fileId).Execute();
    } catch (Exception e) {
      Console.WriteLine("An error occurred: " + e.Message);
    }
  }

  // ...

}

/**
 * Permanently delete a file, skipping the trash.
 *
 * @param Google_Service_Drive $service Drive API service instance.
 * @param String $fileId ID of the file to delete.
 */
function deleteFile($service, $fileId) {
  try {
    $service->files->delete($fileId);
  } catch (Exception $e) {
    print "An error occurred: " . $e->getMessage();
  }
}

from apiclient import errors
# ...

def delete_file(service, file_id):
  """Permanently delete a file, skipping the trash.

  Args:
    service: Drive API service instance.
    file_id: ID of the file to delete.
  """
  try:
    service.files().delete(fileId=file_id).execute()
  except errors.HttpError, error:
    print 'An error occurred: %s' % error

/**
 * Permanently delete a file, skipping the trash.
 *
 * @param {String} fileId ID of the file to delete.
 */
function deleteFile(fileId) {
  var request = gapi.client.drive.files.delete({
    'fileId': fileId
  });
  request.execute(function(resp) { });
}

import (
  "google.golang.org/drive/v2"
  "fmt"
)

// DeleteFile deletes a file, skipping the trash
func DeleteFile(d *drive.Service, fileId string) error {
  err := d.Files.Delete(fileId).Do()
  if err != nil {
    fmt.Printf("An error occurred: %v\n", err)
    return err
  }
  return nil
}

#import "GTLDrive.h"
// ...

+ (void)deleteFileWithService:(GTLServiceDrive *)service
                       fileId:(NSString *)fileId {
  GTLQueryDrive *query = [GTLQueryDrive queryForFilesDeleteWithFileId:fileId];
  // queryTicket can be used to track the status of the request.
  GTLServiceTicket *queryTicket =
    [service executeQuery:query
        completionHandler:^(GTLServiceTicket *ticket, id object,
                            NSError *error) {
          if (error != nil) {
            NSLog(@"An error occurred: %@", error);
          }
        }];
}

// ...

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