Method: policies.delete

Deletes a policy. This action is permanent.

HTTP request

DELETE https://iam.googleapis.com/v2/{name=policies/*/*/*}

The URL usesgRPC Transcoding syntax.

Path parameters

Parameters
name

string

Required. The resource name of the policy to delete. Format:policies/{attachmentPoint}/denypolicies/{policyId}

Use the URL-encoded full resource name, which means that the forward-slash character,/, must be written as%2F. For example,policies/cloudresourcemanager.googleapis.com%2Fprojects%2Fmy-project/denypolicies/my-policy.

For organizations and folders, use the numeric ID in the full resource name. For projects, you can use the alphanumeric or the numeric ID.

Query parameters

Parameters
etag

string

Optional. The expectedetag of the policy to delete. If the value does not match the value that is stored in IAM, the request fails with a409 error code andABORTED status.

If you omit this field, the policy is deleted regardless of its currentetag.

Request body

The request body must be empty.

Response body

If successful, the response body contains an instance ofOperation.

Authorization scopes

Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:

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

For more information, see theAuthentication Overview.

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Last updated 2025-05-21 UTC.