Delete directoryObject

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Delete a directory object, for example, a group, user, application, or service principal.

Permissions

One of the following permissions is required to call this API. To learn more, including how to choose permissions, see Permissions.

Delete a user

Permission type	Permissions (from least to most privileged)
Delegated (work or school account)	User.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.
Application	User.ReadWrite.All

Delete a group

Permission type	Permissions (from least to most privileged)
Delegated (work or school account)	Group.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.
Application	Group.ReadWrite.All

Delete an application or service principal

Permission type	Permissions (from least to most privileged)
Delegated (work or school account)	Application.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.
Application	Application.ReadWrite.All

HTTP request

DELETE /directoryObjects/{id}

Request headers

Name	Description
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required.

Request body

Do not supply a request body for this method.

Response

If successful, this method returns 204 No Content response code. It does not return anything in the response body.

Example

Request

HTTP

DELETE https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/directoryObjects/ffab4dce-9b82-49a6-b7c7-1a143106598c

C#

var graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

await graphClient.DirectoryObjects["{directoryObject-id}"].DeleteAsync();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

await client.api('/directoryObjects/ffab4dce-9b82-49a6-b7c7-1a143106598c')
	.delete();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Java

GraphServiceClient graphClient = GraphServiceClient.builder().authenticationProvider( authProvider ).buildClient();

graphClient.directoryObjects("ffab4dce-9b82-49a6-b7c7-1a143106598c")
	.buildRequest()
	.delete();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Go

//THE GO SDK IS IN PREVIEW. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
graphClient := msgraphsdk.NewGraphServiceClientWithCredentials(cred, scopes)


graphClient.DirectoryObjectsById("directoryObject-id").Delete(context.Background(), nil)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.DirectoryObjects

Remove-MgDirectoryObject -DirectoryObjectId $directoryObjectId

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PHP

<?php

// THIS SNIPPET IS A PREVIEW FOR THE KIOTA BASED SDK. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($requestAdapter);


$graphServiceClient->directoryObjectsById('directoryObject-id')->delete();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

HTTP/1.1 204 No Content