Method: drives.delete

Permanently deletes a shared drive for which the user is an organizer. The shared drive cannot contain any untrashed items. For more information, see Manage shared drives.

HTTP request

DELETE https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v3/drives/{driveId}

The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.

Path parameters

Parameters
driveId

string

The ID of the shared drive.

Query parameters

Parameters
useDomainAdminAccess

boolean

Issue the request as a domain administrator; if set to true, then the requester will be granted access if they are an administrator of the domain to which the shared drive belongs.

allowItemDeletion

boolean

Whether any items inside the shared drive should also be deleted. This option is only supported when useDomainAdminAccess is also set to true.

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:

  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive

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

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Last updated 2025年08月13日 UTC.