[[["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 2025-07-21 UTC."],[[["\u003cp\u003eThis webpage details the process of deleting a directory and its contents within a Workspace using the \u003ccode\u003eremoveDirectory\u003c/code\u003e function.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe HTTP request to delete a directory is a \u003ccode\u003ePOST\u003c/code\u003e request to a specific URL that includes the workspace's name in the path.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe request body must include the full path of the directory to be deleted, relative to the workspace root, specified within the JSON object under the field \u003ccode\u003epath\u003c/code\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eSuccessful execution of this operation results in an empty response body.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eDeleting a directory requires specific IAM permissions on the workspace resource: \u003ccode\u003edataform.workspaces.removeDirectory\u003c/code\u003e and requires one of the following OAuth scopes: \u003ccode\u003ehttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform\u003c/code\u003e or \u003ccode\u003ehttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/bigquery\u003c/code\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["# Method: projects.locations.repositories.workspaces.removeDirectory\n\n- [HTTP request](#body.HTTP_TEMPLATE)\n- [Path parameters](#body.PATH_PARAMETERS)\n- [Request body](#body.request_body)\n - [JSON representation](#body.request_body.SCHEMA_REPRESENTATION)\n- [Response body](#body.response_body)\n- [Authorization scopes](#body.aspect)\n- [IAM Permissions](#body.aspect_1)\n- [Try it!](#try-it)\n\nDeletes a directory (inside a Workspace) and all of its contents.\n\n### HTTP request\n\n`POST https://dataform.googleapis.com/v1/{workspace=projects/*/locations/*/repositories/*/workspaces/*}:removeDirectory`\n\nThe URL uses [gRPC Transcoding](https://google.aip.dev/127) syntax.\n\n### Path parameters\n\n### Request body\n\nThe request body contains data with the following structure:\n\n### Response body\n\nIf successful, the response body is empty.\n\n### Authorization scopes\n\nRequires one of the following OAuth scopes:\n\n- `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform`\n- `\n https://www.googleapis.com/auth/bigquery`\n\nFor more information, see the [Authentication Overview](/docs/authentication#authorization-gcp).\n\n### IAM Permissions\n\nRequires the following [IAM](https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs) permission on the `workspace` resource:\n\n- `dataform.workspaces.removeDirectory`\n\nFor more information, see the [IAM documentation](https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs)."]]
