Deletes a named space. Always performs a cascading delete, which means that the space's child resources—like messages posted in the space and memberships in the space—are also deleted. For an example, seeDelete a space.
User authentication grants administrator privileges when an administrator account authenticates,useAdminAccessistrue, and the following authorization scope is used:
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A `DELETE` request is sent to `https://chat.googleapis.com/v1/{name=spaces/*}`. The `name` path parameter specifies the space to delete. The `useAdminAccess` query parameter enables administrator privileges, which requires the `chat.admin.delete` OAuth scope and specific admin rights. The request body must be empty, and a successful deletion returns an empty JSON object. Authorization requires specific OAuth scopes.\n"],null,["# Method: spaces.delete\n\n- [HTTP request](#body.HTTP_TEMPLATE)\n- [Path parameters](#body.PATH_PARAMETERS)\n- [Query parameters](#body.QUERY_PARAMETERS)\n- [Request body](#body.request_body)\n- [Response body](#body.response_body)\n- [Authorization scopes](#body.aspect)\n- [Try it!](#try-it)\n\nDeletes a named space. Always performs a cascading delete, which means that the space's child resources---like messages posted in the space and memberships in the space---are also deleted. For an example, see [Delete a space](https://developers.google.com/workspace/chat/delete-spaces).\n\nSupports the following types of [authentication](https://developers.google.com/workspace/chat/authenticate-authorize):\n\n- [App authentication](https://developers.google.com/workspace/chat/authenticate-authorize-chat-app) with [administrator approval](https://support.google.com/a?p=chat-app-auth) and the authorization scope:\n\n - `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.app.delete` (only in spaces the app created)\n- [User authentication](https://developers.google.com/workspace/chat/authenticate-authorize-chat-user) with one of the following authorization scopes:\n\n - `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.delete`\n - `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.import` (import mode spaces only)\n - User authentication grants administrator privileges when an administrator account authenticates, `useAdminAccess` is `true`, and the following authorization scope is used:\n - `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.admin.delete`\n\n### HTTP request\n\n`DELETE https://chat.googleapis.com/v1/{name=spaces/*}`\n\nThe URL uses [gRPC Transcoding](https://google.aip.dev/127) syntax.\n\n### Path parameters\n\n| Parameters ||\n|--------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| `name` | `string` Required. Resource name of the space to delete. Format: `spaces/{space}` |\n\n### Query parameters\n\n| Parameters ||\n|------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| `useAdminAccess` | `boolean` Optional. When `true`, the method runs using the user's Google Workspace administrator privileges. The calling user must be a Google Workspace administrator with the [manage chat and spaces conversations privilege](https://support.google.com/a/answer/13369245). Requires the `chat.admin.delete` [OAuth 2.0 scope](https://developers.google.com/workspace/chat/authenticate-authorize#chat-api-scopes). |\n\n### Request body\n\nThe request body must be empty.\n\n### Response body\n\nIf successful, the response body is an empty JSON object.\n\n### Authorization scopes\n\nRequires one of the following OAuth scopes:\n\n- `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.app.delete`\n- `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.admin.delete`\n- `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.import`\n- `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.delete`\n\nFor more information, see the [Authorization guide](/workspace/chat/authenticate-authorize)."]]
