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Method: accounts.locations.delete
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Deletes a location.
Returns NOT_FOUND if the location does not exist.
HTTP request
DELETE https://mybusiness.googleapis.com/v4/{name=accounts/*/locations/*}
The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.
Path parameters
| Parameters |
name |
string
The name of the location to delete.
|
Request body
The request body must be empty.
Response body
If successful, the response body is empty.
Authorization Scopes
Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/plus.business.managehttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/business.manage
For more information, see the OAuth 2.0 Overview.
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Last updated 2025-08-28 UTC.
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