Method: tables.delete

Deletes the table specified by tableId from the dataset. If the table contains data, all the data will be deleted.

HTTP request

DELETE https://bigquery.googleapis.com/bigquery/v2/projects/{projectId}/datasets/{datasetId}/tables/{tableId}

The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.

Path parameters

Parameters
projectId

string

Required. Project ID of the table to delete
datasetId

string

Required. Dataset ID of the table to delete
tableId

string

Required. Table ID of the table 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 one of the following OAuth scopes:

  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/bigquery
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform

For more information, see the Authentication Overview.

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Last updated 2025年07月02日 UTC.