The authenticated user must have thestorage.managedfolders.deleteIAM permission to use this method. To useallowNonEmpty, the user
must also have thestorage.managedFolders.setIamPolicypermission.
To see an example of how to include query parameters in a request, see theJSON API Overviewpage.
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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