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Required. The name of the asset to delete.nameis of the format "projects/*/assets/**" (e.g., "projects/earthengine-legacy/assets/users/[USER]/[ASSET]"). All user-owned assets are under the project "earthengine-legacy" (e.g., "projects/earthengine-legacy/assets/users/foo/bar"). All other assets are under the project "earthengine-public" (e.g., "projects/earthengine-public/assets/LANDSAT").
Authorization requires the followingIAMpermission on the specified resourcename:
earthengine.assets.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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