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title Delete group - Microsoft Graph API
description Delete a group resource.
author yuhko-msft
ms.reviewer mbhargav, khotzteam, aadgroupssg
ms.localizationpriority medium
ms.subservice entra-groups
doc_type apiPageType
ms.date 04/04/2024

Delete group

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Delete a group.

When deleted, both Microsoft 365 and security groups are moved to a temporary container and can be restored within 30 days. After that time, they're permanently deleted. This doesn't apply to Distribution groups which are permanently deleted immediately. To learn more, see deletedItems.

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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.

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The following conditions apply for apps to delete role-assignable groups:

  • For delegated scenarios, the app must be assigned the RoleManagement.ReadWrite.Directory delegated permission, and the calling user must be the creator of the group or be assigned at least the Privileged Role Administrator Microsoft Entra role.
  • For app-only scenarios, the calling app must be the owner of the group or be assigned the RoleManagement.ReadWrite.Directory application permission or be assigned at least the Privileged Role Administrator Microsoft Entra role.

HTTP request

DELETE /groups/{id}

Request headers

Name Description
Authorization Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.

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

Request

The following example shows a request.

HTTP

DELETE https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/groups/{id}

C#

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Go

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Java

[!INCLUDE sample-code] [!INCLUDE sdk-documentation]

JavaScript

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PHP

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PowerShell

[!INCLUDE sample-code] [!INCLUDE sdk-documentation]

Python

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Response

The following example shows the response.

HTTP/1.1 204 No Content