Method: accounts.delete

  • This API soft-deletes (trashes) a target Account and returns it.

  • Soft-deleted accounts can be restored using the Trash Can UI before permanent purging.

  • The DELETE request requires the account name as a path parameter and an empty request body.

  • A successful response returns an empty JSON object.

  • The API requires thehttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/analytics.edit authorization scope.

Marks target Account as soft-deleted (ie: "trashed") and returns it.

This API does not have a method to restore soft-deleted accounts. However, they can be restored using the Trash Can UI.

If the accounts are not restored before the expiration time, the account and all child resources (eg: Properties, GoogleAdsLinks, Streams, AccessBindings) will be permanently purged.https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6154772

Returns an error if the target is not found.

HTTP request

DELETE https://analyticsadmin.googleapis.com/v1beta/{name=accounts/*}

The URL usesgRPC Transcoding syntax.

Path parameters

Parameters
name

string

Required. The name of the Account to soft-delete. Format: accounts/{account} Example: "accounts/100"

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/analytics.edit

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Last updated 2025-01-14 UTC.