Data Catalog API methods that are related to Data Catalog search and metadata are deprecated and will be discontinued on January 30, 2026. SeeTransition from Data Catalog to Dataplex Universal Catalog. Methods that are related to policy tags and policy tag taxonomies are not deprecated.
[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Hard to understand","hardToUnderstand","thumb-down"],["Incorrect information or sample code","incorrectInformationOrSampleCode","thumb-down"],["Missing the information/samples I need","missingTheInformationSamplesINeed","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-07-17 UTC."],[[["\u003cp\u003eThis document describes how to delete an entry group in the Data Catalog API, which has been deprecated in favor of Dataplex Catalog.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ccode\u003eDELETE\u003c/code\u003e HTTP request is made to a specific URL including a project, location, and entry group name, which is passed as a path parameter.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eAn optional boolean \u003ccode\u003eforce\u003c/code\u003e query parameter can be used to delete all entries within the specified entry group.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe request body must be empty and if the request is successful, the response will be an empty JSON object.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eAuthorization requires the \u003ccode\u003ehttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform\u003c/code\u003e OAuth scope.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["# Method: projects.locations.entryGroups.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\n| Data Catalog is deprecated. Please use Dataplex Universal Catalog instead.\nDeletes an entry group.\n\nYou must enable the Data Catalog API in the project identified by the `name` parameter. For more information, see [Data Catalog resource project](https://cloud.google.com/data-catalog/docs/concepts/resource-project).\n\n### HTTP request\n\n`DELETE https://datacatalog.googleapis.com/v1/{name}`\n\n### Path parameters\n\n### Query parameters\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 the following OAuth scope:\n\n- `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform`\n\nFor more information, see the [Authentication Overview](/docs/authentication#authorization-gcp)."]]
