Method: permissions.delete

Deletes a permission. For more information, see Share files, folders, and drives.

Warning: Concurrent permissions operations on the same file aren't supported; only the last update is applied.

HTTP request

DELETE https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v3/files/{fileId}/permissions/{permissionId}

The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.

Path parameters

Parameters
fileId

string

The ID of the file or shared drive.
permissionId

string

The ID of the permission.

Query parameters

Parameters
supportsAllDrives

boolean

Whether the requesting application supports both My Drives and shared drives.
supportsTeamDrives
(deprecated)

boolean

Deprecated: Use supportsAllDrives instead.
useDomainAdminAccess

boolean

Issue the request as a domain administrator.

If set to true, and if the following additional conditions are met, the requester is granted access:

  1. The file ID parameter refers to a shared drive.
  2. The requester is an administrator of the domain to which the shared drive belongs.

For more information, see Manage shared drives as domain administrators.
enforceExpansiveAccess

boolean

Whether the request should enforce expansive access rules.

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

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