- HTTP request
- Path parameters
- Query parameters
- Request body
- Response body
- Authorization scopes
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Deletes the dataset specified by the datasetId value. Before you can delete a dataset, you must delete all its tables, either manually or by specifying deleteContents. Immediately after deletion, you can create another dataset with the same name.
HTTP request
DELETE https://bigquery.googleapis.com/bigquery/v2/projects/{projectId}/datasets/{datasetId}
The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.
Path parameters
Parameters | |
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project |
Required. Project ID of the dataset being deleted |
dataset |
Required. Dataset ID of dataset being deleted |
Query parameters
Parameters | |
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delete |
If True, delete all the tables in the dataset. If False and the dataset contains tables, the request will fail. Default is False |
Request body
The request body must be empty.
Response body
If successful, the response body is empty.
Authorization scopes
Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/bigquery
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
For more information, see the Authentication Overview.