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Method: tables.delete
Deletes the table specified by tableId from the dataset. If the table contains data, all the data will be deleted.
HTTP request
DELETE https://bigquery.googleapis.com/bigquery/v2/projects/{projectId}/datasets/{datasetId}/tables/{tableId}
The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.
Path parameters
| Parameters |
projectId |
string
Required. Project ID of the table to delete
|
datasetId |
string
Required. Dataset ID of the table to delete
|
tableId |
string
Required. Table ID of the table to delete
|
Request body
The request body must be empty.
Response body
If successful, the response body is an empty JSON object.
Authorization scopes
Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/bigqueryhttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
For more information, see the Authentication Overview.
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Last updated 2025-07-02 UTC.
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