Method: projects.serviceAccounts.undelete

Restores a deletedServiceAccount.

Important: It is not always possible to restore a deleted service account. Use this method only as a last resort.

After you delete a service account, IAM permanently removes the service account 30 days later. There is no way to restore a deleted service account that has been permanently removed.

HTTP request

POST https://iam.googleapis.com/v1/{name=projects/*/serviceAccounts/*}:undelete

The URL usesgRPC Transcoding syntax.

Path parameters

Parameters
name

string

The resource name of the service account.

Use one of the following formats:

  • projects/{PROJECT_ID}/serviceAccounts/{EMAIL_ADDRESS}
  • projects/{PROJECT_ID}/serviceAccounts/{UNIQUE_ID}

As an alternative, you can use the- wildcard character instead of the project ID:

  • projects/-/serviceAccounts/{EMAIL_ADDRESS}
  • projects/-/serviceAccounts/{UNIQUE_ID}

When possible, avoid using the- wildcard character, because it can cause response messages to contain misleading error codes. For example, if you try to access the service accountprojects/-/serviceAccounts/fake@example.com, which does not exist, the response contains an HTTP403 Forbidden error instead of a404 Not Found error.

Authorization requires the followingIAM permission on the specified resourcename:

  • iam.serviceAccounts.undelete

Request body

The request body must be empty.

Response body

If successful, the response body contains data with the following structure:

JSON representation
{"restoredAccount":{object (ServiceAccount)}}
Fields
restoredAccount

object (ServiceAccount)

Metadata for the restored service account.

Authorization scopes

Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:

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

For more information, see theAuthentication Overview.

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Last updated 2025-05-21 UTC.