Delete a service account

Demonstrates deleting a service account.

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Code sample

C++

To learn how to install and use the client library for IAM, see IAM client libraries. For more information, see the IAM C++ API reference documentation.

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

namespace iam = ::google::cloud::iam_admin_v1;
[](std::string const& name) {
  iam::IAMClient client(iam::MakeIAMConnection());
  auto response = client.DeleteServiceAccount(name);
  if (!response.ok()) throw std::runtime_error(response.message());
  std::cout << "ServiceAccount successfully deleted.\n";
}

C#

To learn how to install and use the client library for IAM, see IAM client libraries. For more information, see the IAM C# API reference documentation.

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

using System;
using Google.Apis.Auth.OAuth2;
using Google.Apis.Iam.v1;

public partial class ServiceAccounts
{
    public static void DeleteServiceAccount(string email)
    {
        var credential = GoogleCredential.GetApplicationDefault()
            .CreateScoped(IamService.Scope.CloudPlatform);
        var service = new IamService(new IamService.Initializer
        {
            HttpClientInitializer = credential
        });

        string resource = "projects/-/serviceAccounts/" + email;
        service.Projects.ServiceAccounts.Delete(resource).Execute();
        Console.WriteLine("Deleted service account: " + email);
    }
}

Go

To learn how to install and use the client library for IAM, see IAM client libraries. For more information, see the IAM Go API reference documentation.

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

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"

	iam "google.golang.org/api/iam/v1"
)

// deleteServiceAccount deletes a service account.
func deleteServiceAccount(w io.Writer, email string) error {
	ctx := context.Background()
	service, err := iam.NewService(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("iam.NewService: %w", err)
	}

	_, err = service.Projects.ServiceAccounts.Delete("projects/-/serviceAccounts/" + email).Do()
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("Projects.ServiceAccounts.Delete: %w", err)
	}
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Deleted service account: %v", email)
	return nil
}

Java

To learn how to install and use the client library for IAM, see IAM client libraries. For more information, see the IAM Java API reference documentation.

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

import com.google.cloud.iam.admin.v1.IAMClient;
import com.google.iam.admin.v1.DeleteServiceAccountRequest;
import com.google.iam.admin.v1.ServiceAccountName;
import java.io.IOException;

public class DeleteServiceAccount {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
    // TODO(developer): Replace the variables before running the sample.
    String projectId = "your-project-id";
    String serviceAccountName = "my-service-account-name";

    deleteServiceAccount(projectId, serviceAccountName);
  }

  // Deletes a service account.
  public static void deleteServiceAccount(String projectId, String serviceAccountName)
          throws IOException {
    // Initialize client that will be used to send requests.
    // This client only needs to be created once, and can be reused for multiple requests.
    try (IAMClient client = IAMClient.create()) {
      String accountName = ServiceAccountName.of(projectId, serviceAccountName).toString();
      String accountEmail = String.format("%s@%s.iam.gserviceaccount.com", accountName, projectId);
      DeleteServiceAccountRequest request = DeleteServiceAccountRequest.newBuilder()
              .setName(accountEmail)
              .build();
      client.deleteServiceAccount(request);

      System.out.println("Deleted service account: " + serviceAccountName);
    }
  }
}

Python

To learn how to install and use the client library for IAM, see IAM client libraries. For more information, see the IAM Python API reference documentation.

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

from google.cloud import iam_admin_v1
from google.cloud.iam_admin_v1 import types


def delete_service_account(project_id: str, account: str) -> None:
    """Deletes a service account.

    project_id: ID or number of the Google Cloud project you want to use.
    account: ID or email which is unique identifier of the service account.
    """

    iam_admin_client = iam_admin_v1.IAMClient()
    request = types.DeleteServiceAccountRequest()
    request.name = f"projects/{project_id}/serviceAccounts/{account}"

    iam_admin_client.delete_service_account(request=request)
    print(f"Deleted a service account: {account}")

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