The authenticated user must have the storage.managedfolders.delete
IAM permission to use this method. To use allowNonEmpty, the user
must also have the storage.managedFolders.setIamPolicy permission.
To see an example of how to include query parameters in a request, see the
JSON API Overview page.
Parameters
Parameter name
Value
Description
Path parameters
bucket
string
The parent bucket of the managed folder.
managedFolder
string
The name of the managed folder, expressed as a path. For example,
example-dir. If the managed folder is nested (for example,
example-dir1/example-dir2), the / character in the managed folder
path must be escaped. For example, example-dir1%2Fexample-dir2.
Optional query parameters
allowNonEmpty
boolean
Allows the deletion of a managed folder even if it's not empty. A managed folder is not
empty if it contains objects or other managed folders. If a non-empty managed folder is deleted,
a simulated folder with the same name is retained.
Request body
Do not supply a request body with this method.
Response
If successful, this method returns an empty response body.
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