driveItem: permanentDelete
Namespace: microsoft.graph
Permanently delete a driveItem by using its ID. If you delete items using this method, they're permanently removed and aren't sent to the recycle bin, unlike the Delete driveItem API, which sends the item to the recycle bin. Therefore, permanently deleted drive items can't be restored afterward.
This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.
Global service | US Government L4 | US Government L5 (DOD) | China operated by 21Vianet |
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✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
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) | Files.ReadWrite | Files.ReadWrite.All, Sites.ReadWrite.All |
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) | Files.ReadWrite | Files.ReadWrite.All |
Application | Files.ReadWrite.All | Sites.ReadWrite.All |
HTTP request
POST /drives/{drive-id}/items/{item-id}/permanentDelete
Request headers
Name | Description |
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Authorization | Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization. |
Accept | application/json |
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
The following example shows how to call this API.
Request
POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/drives/{drive-id}/items/{item-id}/permanentDelete
Response
HTTP/1.1 204 No Content
Error responses
For details about how errors are returned, see Error Responses.