Data Catalog API methods that are related to Data Catalog search and metadata are deprecated and will be discontinued on January 30, 2026. See Transition from Data Catalog to Dataplex Catalog. Methods that are related to policy tags and policy tag taxonomies are not deprecated.
Deletes an EntryGroup. Only entry groups that do not contain entries can be deleted. Users should enable the Data Catalog API in the project identified by the name parameter (see Data Catalog Resource Project for more information).
Required. The name of the entry group. For example, projects/{projectId}/locations/{location}/entryGroups/{entryGroupId}. It takes the form projects/{project}/locations/{location}/entryGroups/{entrygroup}.
Query parameters
Parameters
force
boolean
Optional. If true, deletes all entries in the entry group.
Request body
The request body must be empty.
Response body
If successful, the response body is an empty JSON object.
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