OneDrive Permanently Delete Item

Joseph Murphy 30

Hello,

Looking at the docs for the Graph API, I noticed there is a new method for permanently deleting a file, bypassing the recycle bin, permanentDelete. However, when I tried to run this method, it did not work, giving me a 400 error with "API Not Found". Am I doing something wrong? This is the URL I used:

https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/drives/[driveId]/items/[itemId]/permanentDelete

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CarlZhao-MSFT 38,436 Reputation points

2023-08-24T02:20:34.13+00:00
Hi @Joseph Murphy

Your request URL is missing the drive ID, try calling the following API endpoint:

POST /drives/{drive-id}/items/{item-id}/permanentDelete

Hope this helps.

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Joseph Murphy 30 Reputation points

2023-08-24T02:45:47.3333333+00:00

I just tried that exact URL and it is giving me this error

{ "error": { "code": "invalidRequest", "message": "API not found", "innerError": { "date": "2023-08-24T02:39:54", "request-id": "cd9ac338-fedd-41b1-8e13-17d3f21cebd0", "client-request-id": "39652560-92e3-632f-9f70-b3cd0d693837" } } }

Is your drive OneDrive personal or OneDrive for Business?

CarlZhao-MSFT 38,436 Reputation points

2023-08-24T03:09:07.6033333+00:00

Hi @Joseph Murphy

My drive is OneDrive for Business. Based on my testing, it appears that a permanent delete operation cannot be performed for a personal OneDrive.

Even though this API lists permissions for personal OneDrive, it doesn't work in practice.

Joseph Murphy 30 Reputation points

2023-08-24T03:10:45.6933333+00:00

That is disappointing. Thank you for your help.
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msft-gu 1,350 Reputation points

2023-08-24T00:27:07.84+00:00

Hello Joseph Murphy,

Good day and thank you for your question. I tested https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/driveitem-permanentdelete?view=graph-rest-1.0 using Graph Explorer and I did not encounter any issues. I received a response 204 No Content.

Can I please know where are you receiving 400 error?

400 Bad Request Cannot process the request because it is malformed or incorrect.

Reference: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/errors
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Joseph Murphy 30 Reputation points

2023-08-24T01:50:15.6933333+00:00

Could you please post the format of the URL you used? I tried running the URL that was suggested to me which was

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/drive/items/{driveItem-id}/microsoft.graph.permanentDelete

but that did not work and gave me this error:

{ "error": { "code": "invalidRequest", "message": "API not found", "innerError": { "date": "2023-08-24T01:49:12", "request-id": "d120366f-d59a-4d76-ab30-e6f1ba77088c", "client-request-id": "26ed3537-9427-117c-4daf-b6c414aaca95" } } }

However, performing

DELETE https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/drive/items/{driveItem-id}/

did work as intended. I replaced driveItem-id with a real file for both.

Gil Shallem 0 Reputation points

2024-01-18T12:39:39.5133333+00:00

DELETE https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/drive/items/{driveItem-id}/ Does not delete permanently but rather sends to the trash bin. i still can't find the answer :(
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