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Method: projects.databases.documents.delete Stay organized with collections
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DELETE https://firestore.googleapis.com/v1/{name=projects/*/databases/*/documents/*/**}
The URLs use gRPC Transcoding
syntax.
Path parameters
Parameters
name
string
Required. The resource name of the Document to delete. In the format: projects/{projectId}/databases/{databaseId}/documents/{document_path}
.
Query parameters
Parameters
currentDocument
object ( Precondition
)
An optional precondition on the document. The request will fail if this is set and not met by the target document.
Request body
The request body must be empty.
Response body
If successful, the response body is an empty JSON object.
Authorization scopes
Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/datastore
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
For more information, see the Authentication Overview
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Last updated 2026-03-20 UTC.
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