Permanently delete item (directory object)

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.

Permanently delete a recently deleted application, group, servicePrincipal, or user object from deleted items. You can permanently delete an item from deleted items. But, once an item is permanently deleted, it cannot be restored.

Permissions

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

For applications and service principals:

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

The calling user must be the owner of the application or the calling app must be assigned one of the following Azure AD roles:

• Global Administrator
• Application Administrator
• Cloud Application Administrator
• Hybrid Identity Administrator

For users:

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

The signed-in user needs to have one of the following roles: Global Administrator or User Administrator.

For groups:

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

The requestor needs to have one of the following roles: Global Administrator or Groups Administrator.

HTTP request

DELETE /directory/deleteditems/{id}

Request headers

Name	Description
Authorization	Bearer <code> Required
Accept	application/json

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/beta/directory/deleteditems/46cc6179-19d0-473e-97ad-6ff84347bbbb

C#

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient( authProvider );

await graphClient.Directory.DeletedItems["{directoryObject-id}"]
	.Request()
	.DeleteAsync();

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

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('/directory/deleteditems/46cc6179-19d0-473e-97ad-6ff84347bbbb')
	.version('beta')
	.delete();

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

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.directory().deletedItems("46cc6179-19d0-473e-97ad-6ff84347bbbb")
	.buildRequest()
	.delete();

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

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.NewGraphServiceClient(requestAdapter)


graphClient.Directory().DeletedItemsById("directoryObject-id").Delete()

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

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.Identity.DirectoryManagement

Remove-MgDirectoryDeletedItem -DirectoryObjectId $directoryObjectId

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

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->directory()->deletedItemsById('directoryObject-id')->delete();

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

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

Response

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 204 No Content