Delete group
Namespace: microsoft.graph
Important
APIs under the /beta
version in Microsoft Graph are subject to change. Use of these APIs in production applications is not supported. To determine whether an API is available in v1.0, use the Version selector.
Deletes a group.
When deleted, Microsoft 365 groups are moved to a temporary container and can be restored within 30 days. After that time, they are permanently deleted. This isn't applicable to Security groups and Distribution groups that are permanently deleted immediately. To learn more, see deletedItems.
This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.
Global service | US Government L4 | US Government L5 (DOD) | China operated by 21Vianet |
---|---|---|---|
✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Permissions
Choose the permission or permissions marked as least privileged for this API. Use a higher privileged permission or permissions only if your app requires it. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.
Permission type | Least privileged permissions | Higher privileged permissions |
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Delegated (work or school account) | Group.ReadWrite.All | Not available. |
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) | Not supported. | Not supported. |
Application | Group.ReadWrite.All | Not available. |
The following conditions apply for apps to delete role-assignable groups:
- For delegated scenarios, the app must be assigned the RoleManagement.ReadWrite.Directory delegated permission, and the calling user must be the creator of the group or a privileged role administrator.
- For app-only scenarios, the calling app must be the owner of the group or be assigned the RoleManagement.ReadWrite.Directory application permission or be assigned the Privileged Role Administrator Microsoft Entra role.
HTTP request
DELETE /groups/{id}
Request headers
Name | Description |
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Authorization | Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization. |
Request body
Don't supply a request body for this method.
Response
If successful, this method returns 204 No Content
response code. It doesn't return anything in the response body.
Example
Request
The following example shows a request.
DELETE https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/groups/{id}
Response
The following example shows the response.
HTTP/1.1 204 No Content