Data Catalog API methods that are related to Data Catalog search and metadata are deprecated and will be discontinued on January 30, 2026. See Transition from Data Catalog to Dataplex Catalog. Methods that are related to policy tags and policy tag taxonomies are not deprecated.

Method: projects.locations.operations.delete

Deletes a long-running operation. This method indicates that the client is no longer interested in the operation result. It does not cancel the operation. If the server doesn't support this method, it returns google.rpc.Code.UNIMPLEMENTED.

HTTP request

DELETE https://datacatalog.googleapis.com/v1/{name}

Path parameters

Parameters

Parameters
`name`	`string` The name of the operation resource to be deleted. It takes the form `projects/{project}/locations/{location}/operations/{operation}`.

name

string

The name of the operation resource to be deleted. It takes the form projects/{project}/locations/{location}/operations/{operation}.

Request body

The request body must be empty.

Response body

If successful, the response body is an empty JSON object.

Authorization scopes

Requires the following OAuth scope:

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform

For more information, see the Authentication Overview.