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 Universal Catalog. Methods that are related to policy tags and policy tag taxonomies are not deprecated.
Required. Resource name of the taxonomy to be deleted. All policy tags in this taxonomy will also be deleted. It takes the form projects/{project}/locations/{location}/taxonomies/{taxonomies}.
Authorization requires the following IAM permission on the specified resource name:
datacatalog.taxonomies.delete
Request body
The request body must be empty.
Response body
If successful, the response body is an empty JSON object.
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