Delete v2

POST

https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/delete_v2

POST

/2/files/delete_v2

import requests
url = "https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/delete_v2"
payload = { "path": "/Homework/math/Prime_Numbers.txt" }
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.json())

{
  "metadata": {
    ".tag": "file",
    "client_modified": "2015-05-12T15:50:38Z",
    "content_hash": "e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855",
    "file_lock_info": {
      "created": "2015-05-12T15:50:38Z",
      "is_lockholder": true,
      "lockholder_name": "Imaginary User"
    },
    "has_explicit_shared_members": false,
    "id": "id:a4ayc_80_OEAAAAAAAAAXw",
    "is_downloadable": true,
    "name": "Prime_Numbers.txt",
    "path_display": "/Homework/math/Prime_Numbers.txt",
    "path_lower": "/homework/math/prime_numbers.txt",
    "property_groups": [
      {
        "fields": [
          {
            "name": "Security Policy",
            "value": "Confidential"
          }
        ],
        "template_id": "ptid:1a5n2i6d3OYEAAAAAAAAAYa"
      }
    ],
    "rev": "a1c10ce0dd78",
    "server_modified": "2015-05-12T15:50:38Z",
    "sharing_info": {
      "modified_by": "dbid:AAH4f99T0taONIb-OurWxbNQ6ywGRopQngc",
      "parent_shared_folder_id": "84528192421",
      "read_only": true
    },
    "size": 7212
  }
}

Required scope: files.content.write

Endpoint format: RPC

Authentication: User, Dropbox-API-Select-Admin (Team Admin)

Delete the file or folder at a given path. If the path is a folder, all its contents will be deleted too. A successful response indicates that the file or folder was deleted. The returned metadata will be the corresponding FileMetadata or FolderMetadata for the item at time of deletion, and not a DeletedMetadata object. **Required scope:** `files.content.write` **Endpoint format:** [RPC](https://docs.dropboxapi.com/dropbox-api/docs/technical-reference/request-response-formats#rpc-endpoints) **Authentication:** [User](https://docs.dropboxapi.com/dropbox-api/docs/auth-types#user-authentication), [Dropbox-API-Select-Admin (Team Admin)](https://docs.dropboxapi.com/dropbox-api/docs/auth-types#admin-authentication-via-dropbox-api-select-admin)

Authentication

AuthorizationBearer

OAuth 2.0 token issued to a specific user. Use Authorization: Bearer <token>.

Public clients should use the authorization code flow with PKCE (S256).

For background or offline access, send token_access_type=offline during authorization and use the returned refresh token to obtain new access tokens.

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

OAuth 2.0 token issued to a specific user. Use `Authorization: Bearer <token>`. Public clients should use the authorization code flow with PKCE (S256). For background or offline access, send `token_access_type=offline` during authorization and use the returned refresh token to obtain new access tokens. 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).

Headers

Dropbox-API-Path-RootstringOptional

Scopes path-based operations to a namespace (root). The value is a JSON serialization of the common.PathRoot union: {".tag": "home"}, {".tag": "root", "root": "<namespace_id>"}, or {".tag": "namespace_id", "namespace_id": "<namespace_id>"}. On failure the request returns 422 with a common.PathRootError.

Scopes path-based operations to a namespace (root). The value is a JSON serialization of the `common.PathRoot` union: `{".tag": "home"}`, `{".tag": "root", "root": "<namespace_id>"}`, or `{".tag": "namespace_id", "namespace_id": "<namespace_id>"}`. On failure the request returns 422 with a `common.PathRootError`.

Request

This endpoint expects an object.

pathstringRequiredformat: "(/(.|[\r\n])*)|(ns:[0-9]+(/(.|[\r\n])*)?)|(id:.*)"

Path in the user's Dropbox to delete.

parent_revstring or nullOptionalformat: "[0-9a-f]+">=9 characters

Perform delete if given "rev" matches the existing file's latest "rev". This field does not support deleting a folder.

Response headers

X-Dropbox-Request-IdstringOptional

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

Response

Successful response

metadataobject

Metadata of the deleted object.

Errors

401

Unauthorized Error

403

Forbidden Error

409

Conflict Error

429

Too Many Requests Error

500

Internal Server Error