Members Delete Former Member Files

POST

https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/team/members/delete_former_member_files

Permanently delete the files of a user who has been removed from the team. After permanent deletion, those files will not be available to be transferred to another team member.

Permission : Team member management

Exactly one of team_member_id, email, or external_id must be provided to identify the user account.

Required scope: members.write

Endpoint format: RPC

Authentication: Team

Permanently delete the files of a user who has been removed from the team. After permanent deletion, those files will not be available to be transferred to another team member. Permission : Team member management Exactly one of team_member_id, email, or external_id must be provided to identify the user account. **Required scope:** `members.write` **Endpoint format:** [RPC](https://docs.dropboxapi.com/dropbox-api/docs/technical-reference/request-response-formats#rpc-endpoints) **Authentication:** [Team](https://docs.dropboxapi.com/dropbox-api/docs/auth-types#team-authentication)

Authentication

AuthorizationBearer

Team-level OAuth 2.0 token issued to a Dropbox Business admin. Use Authorization: Bearer <token>.

Obtain via the authorization code flow with team-scoped permissions.

Grants access to team-wide administrative operations.

You can generate a short-lived access token from the App Console; see Testing with a generated token.

Team-level OAuth 2.0 token issued to a Dropbox Business admin. Use `Authorization: Bearer <token>`. Obtain via the authorization code flow with team-scoped permissions. Grants access to team-wide administrative operations. You can generate a short-lived access token from the App Console; see [Testing with a generated token](https://docs.dropboxapi.com/dropbox-api/docs/oauth#testing-with-a-generated-token).

Request

This endpoint expects an object.

userobjectRequired

Identity of user whose files will be permanently deleted.

Response headers

X-Dropbox-Request-IdstringOptional

A unique identifier for the request, useful for debugging and support.

Response

Successful response (no content)

Errors

401

Unauthorized Error

403

Forbidden Error

409

Conflict Error

429

Too Many Requests Error

500

Internal Server Error