Destroy a regional secret version

This page describes how you can destroy a secret version. In the destroyed state, the secret version's contents are discarded. Destroying a secret version is a permanent action. After a version is destroyed, you can't access the secret data or restore the version to another state.

Before destroying a secret version, try disabling it first and observe your application's behavior. You can re-enable the secret version if you encounter unexpected issues.

When you disable or destroy a secret or secret version, the change takes time to propagate through the system. If necessary, you can revoke access to the secret. Changes to IAM permissions are consistent within seconds.

Required roles

To get the permissions that you need to destroy a secret version, ask your administrator to grant you the Secret Manager Secret Version Manager (roles/secretmanager.secretVersionManager) IAM role on a secret. For more information about granting roles, see Manage access to projects, folders, and organizations.

You might also be able to get the required permissions through custom roles or other predefined roles.

Destroy a secret version

To destroy a secret version, use one of the following methods:

Console

1. Go to the Secret Manager page in the Google Cloud console.

   Go to Secret Manager

2. On the Secret Manager page, click the Regional secrets tab, and then click a secret to access its versions.

3. On the secret details page, in the Versions tab, select the secret version that you want to destroy.

4. Click Actions, and then click Destroy.

5. In the confirmation dialog that appears, enter the secret ID to confirm, and then click Destroy selected versions.

gcloud

Before using any of the command data below, make the following replacements:

• VERSION_ID: the resource name of the secret version
• SECRET_ID: the ID of the secret or fully qualified identifier for the secret
• LOCATION: the Google Cloud location of the secret

Execute the following command:

Linux, macOS, or Cloud Shell

Note: Ensure you have initialized the Google Cloud CLI with authentication and a project by running either gcloud init; or gcloud auth login and gcloud config set project.

gcloud secrets versions destroy VERSION_ID --secret=SECRET_ID --location=LOCATION

Windows (PowerShell)

Note: Ensure you have initialized the Google Cloud CLI with authentication and a project by running either gcloud init; or gcloud auth login and gcloud config set project.

gcloud secrets versions destroy VERSION_ID --secret=SECRET_ID --location=LOCATION

Windows (cmd.exe)

Note: Ensure you have initialized the Google Cloud CLI with authentication and a project by running either gcloud init; or gcloud auth login and gcloud config set project.

gcloud secrets versions destroy VERSION_ID --secret=SECRET_ID --location=LOCATION

REST

Before using any of the request data, make the following replacements:

• LOCATION: the Google Cloud location of the secret
• PROJECT_ID: the Google Cloud project ID
• SECRET_ID: the ID of the secret or fully qualified identifier for the secret
• VERSION_ID: the ID of the secret version

HTTP method and URL:

POST https://secretmanager.LOCATION.rep.googleapis.com/v1/projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/LOCATION/secrets/SECRET_ID/versions/VERSION_ID:destroy

Request JSON body:

{}

To send your request, choose one of these options:

curl

Note: The following command assumes that you have logged in to the gcloud CLI with your user account by running gcloud init or gcloud auth login , or by using Cloud Shell, which automatically logs you into the gcloud CLI . You can check the currently active account by running gcloud auth list.

Save the request body in a file named request.json, and execute the following command:

curl -X POST \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer $(gcloud auth print-access-token)" \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8" \
     -d @request.json \
     "https://secretmanager.LOCATION.rep.googleapis.com/v1/projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/LOCATION/secrets/SECRET_ID/versions/VERSION_ID:destroy"

PowerShell

Note: The following command assumes that you have logged in to the gcloud CLI with your user account by running gcloud init or gcloud auth login . You can check the currently active account by running gcloud auth list.

Save the request body in a file named request.json, and execute the following command:

$cred = gcloud auth print-access-token
$headers = @{ "Authorization" = "Bearer $cred" }

Invoke-WebRequest `
    -Method POST `
    -Headers $headers `
    -ContentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8" `
    -InFile request.json `
    -Uri "https://secretmanager.LOCATION.rep.googleapis.com/v1/projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/LOCATION/secrets/SECRET_ID/versions/VERSION_ID:destroy" | Select-Object -Expand Content

You should receive a JSON response similar to the following:

{
  "name": "projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/LOCATION/secrets/SECRET_ID/versions/VERSION_ID",
  "createTime": "2024-09-02T07:16:34.566706Z",
  "destroyTime": "2024-09-04T06:29:01.893743728Z",
  "state": "DESTROYED",
  "etag": "\"1621454a37ce7f\""
}

Go

To run this code, first set up a Go development environment and install the Secret Manager Go SDK. On Compute Engine or GKE, you must authenticate with the cloud-platform scope.

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"

	secretmanager "cloud.google.com/go/secretmanager/apiv1"
	"cloud.google.com/go/secretmanager/apiv1/secretmanagerpb"
	"google.golang.org/api/option"
)

// destroySecretVersion destroys the given secret version, making the payload
// irrecoverable. Other secrets versions are unaffected.
func DestroyRegionalSecretVersion(projectId, locationId, secretId, versionId string) error {
	// name := "projects/my-project/locations/my-location/secrets/my-secret/versions/5"

	// Create the client.
	ctx := context.Background()
	//Endpoint to send the request to regional server
	endpoint := fmt.Sprintf("secretmanager.%s.rep.googleapis.com:443", locationId)
	client, err := secretmanager.NewClient(ctx, option.WithEndpoint(endpoint))

	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create regional secretmanager client: %w", err)
	}
	defer client.Close()

	name := fmt.Sprintf("projects/%s/locations/%s/secrets/%s/versions/%s", projectId, locationId, secretId, versionId)
	// Build the request.
	req := &secretmanagerpb.DestroySecretVersionRequest{
		Name: name,
	}

	// Call the API.
	if _, err := client.DestroySecretVersion(ctx, req); err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("failed to destroy regional secret version: %w", err)
	}
	return nil
}

Java

To run this code, first set up a Java development environment and install the Secret Manager Java SDK. On Compute Engine or GKE, you must authenticate with the cloud-platform scope.

import com.google.cloud.secretmanager.v1.SecretManagerServiceClient;
import com.google.cloud.secretmanager.v1.SecretManagerServiceSettings;
import com.google.cloud.secretmanager.v1.SecretVersion;
import com.google.cloud.secretmanager.v1.SecretVersionName;
import java.io.IOException;

public class DestroyRegionalSecretVersion {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.

    // Your GCP project ID.
    String projectId = "your-project-id";
    // Location of the secret.
    String locationId = "your-location-id";
    // Resource ID of the secret.
    String secretId = "your-secret-id";
    // Version of the Secret ID you want to destroy.
    String versionId = "your-version-id";
    destroyRegionalSecretVersion(projectId, locationId, secretId, versionId);
  }

  // Destroy an existing secret version.
  public static SecretVersion destroyRegionalSecretVersion(
      String projectId, String locationId, String secretId, String versionId)
      throws IOException {

    // Endpoint to call the regional secret manager sever
    String apiEndpoint = String.format("secretmanager.%s.rep.googleapis.com:443", locationId);
    SecretManagerServiceSettings secretManagerServiceSettings =
        SecretManagerServiceSettings.newBuilder().setEndpoint(apiEndpoint).build();

    // Initialize the client that will be used to send requests. This client only needs to be
    // created once, and can be reused for multiple requests.
    try (SecretManagerServiceClient client = 
        SecretManagerServiceClient.create(secretManagerServiceSettings)) {
      // Build the name from the version.
      SecretVersionName secretVersionName = 
          SecretVersionName.ofProjectLocationSecretSecretVersionName(
          projectId, locationId, secretId, versionId);

      // Destroy the secret version.
      SecretVersion version = client.destroySecretVersion(secretVersionName);
      System.out.printf("Destroyed regional secret version %s\n", version.getName());

      return version;
    }
  }
}

Node.js

To run this code, first set up a Node.js development environment and install the Secret Manager Node.js SDK. On Compute Engine or GKE, you must authenticate with the cloud-platform scope.

/**
 * TODO(developer): Uncomment these variables before running the sample.
 */
// const name = 'projects/my-project/secrets/my-secret/versions/5';
//
// const projectId = 'my-project';
// const locationId = 'my-location';
// const secretId = 'my-secret';
// const version = 'my-version';

const name = `projects/${projectId}/locations/${locationId}/secrets/${secretId}/versions/${version}`;

// Imports the Secret Manager library
const {SecretManagerServiceClient} = require('@google-cloud/secret-manager');

// Adding the endpoint to call the regional secret manager sever
const options = {};
options.apiEndpoint = `secretmanager.${locationId}.rep.googleapis.com`;

// Instantiates a client
const client = new SecretManagerServiceClient(options);

async function destroySecretVersion() {
  const [version] = await client.destroySecretVersion({
    name: name,
  });

  console.info(`Destroyed ${version.name}`);
}

destroySecretVersion();

Python

To run this code, first set up a Python development environment and install the Secret Manager Python SDK. On Compute Engine or GKE, you must authenticate with the cloud-platform scope.

# Import the Secret Manager client library.
from google.cloud import secretmanager_v1


def destroy_regional_secret_version(
    project_id: str,
    location_id: str,
    secret_id: str,
    version_id: str,
) -> secretmanager_v1.DestroySecretVersionRequest:
    """
    Destroys the given secret version, making the payload irrecoverable. Other
    secrets versions are unaffected.
    """

    # Endpoint to call the regional secret manager sever.
    api_endpoint = f"secretmanager.{location_id}.rep.googleapis.com"

    # Create the Secret Manager client.
    client = secretmanager_v1.SecretManagerServiceClient(
        client_options={"api_endpoint": api_endpoint},
    )

    # Build the resource name of the secret version.
    name = f"projects/{project_id}/locations/{location_id}/secrets/{secret_id}/versions/{version_id}"

    # Destroy the secret version.
    response = client.destroy_secret_version(request={"name": name})

    print(f"Destroyed secret version: {response.name}")

    return response

Delayed destruction of secret versions

Users with the Secret Manager Admin role can set up delayed destruction of secret versions by configuring the Delay secret version destroy feature on the secret. If this feature is enabled, the secret version isn't immediately destroyed upon request. Instead, the secret version is disabled and scheduled for destruction at a later date. During this time, the Secret Manager Admin can restore the secret version.

What's next

• Delay destruction of regional secret versions
• Assign an alias to a regional secret version