Revisions: delete

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Permanently deletes a file version. You can only delete revisions for files with binary content in Google Drive, like images or videos. Revisions for other files, like Google Docs or Sheets, and the last remaining file version can't be deleted. Try it now.

Request

HTTP request

DELETE https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v3/files/fileId/revisions/revisionId

Parameters

Parameter name Value Description
Path parameters
fileId string The ID of the file.
revisionId string The ID of the revision.

Authorization

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

Scope
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.file
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.appdata

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.

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