Groups - Delete

Removes an Azure DevOps group from all of its parent groups.

The group will still be visible, but membership checks for the group, and all descendants which derive membership through it, will return false.”

DELETE https://vssps.dev.azure.com/{organization}/_apis/graph/groups/{groupDescriptor}?api-version=6.0-preview.1

URI Parameters

Name In Required Type Description
groupDescriptor
path True

string

The descriptor of the group to delete.

organization
path True

string

The name of the Azure DevOps organization.

api-version
query True

string

Version of the API to use. This should be set to '6.0-preview.1' to use this version of the api.

Responses

Name Type Description
200 OK

successful operation

Security

oauth2

Type: oauth2
Flow: accessCode
Authorization URL: https://app.vssps.visualstudio.com/oauth2/authorize&response_type=Assertion
Token URL: https://app.vssps.visualstudio.com/oauth2/token?client_assertion_type=urn:ietf:params:oauth:client-assertion-type:jwt-bearer&grant_type=urn:ietf:params:oauth:grant-type:jwt-bearer

Scopes

Name Description
vso.graph_manage Grants the ability to read user, group, scope and group membership information, and to add users, groups and manage group memberships

Examples

Sample Request

DELETE https://vssps.dev.azure.com/{organization}/_apis/graph/groups/{groupDescriptor}?api-version=6.0-preview.1

Sample Response