Delete policy tag

Delete an existing policy tag.

Code sample

Go

Before trying this sample, follow the Go setup instructions in the Data Catalog quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Data Catalog Go API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Data Catalog, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"

	datacatalog "cloud.google.com/go/datacatalog/apiv1beta1"
	"cloud.google.com/go/datacatalog/apiv1beta1/datacatalogpb"
)

// deletePolicyTag deletes a given policy tag.
func deletePolicyTag(policyTagID string) error {
	// policyTagID := "projects/myproject/locations/us/taxonomies/1234/policyTags/5678"
	ctx := context.Background()
	policyClient, err := datacatalog.NewPolicyTagManagerClient(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("datacatalog.NewPolicyTagManagerClient: %w", err)
	}
	defer policyClient.Close()

	req := &datacatalogpb.DeletePolicyTagRequest{
		Name: policyTagID,
	}
	return policyClient.DeletePolicyTag(ctx, req)
}

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