Delete a sheet and all of its child sheets (recursively)

Deprecated

This endpoint is deprecated and may be removed in a future release.

This endpoint was deprecated on 2026-02-12.

It is scheduled for sunset on 2029-01-31.

Description

DELETE /spreadsheets/v1/spreadsheets/{spreadsheetId}/sheets/{sheetId}

Required OAuth Scopes

data_tables|w

Parameters

Parameter	In	Type	Required	Description
X-Version	header	string	false	Version of the API (2022-01-01)
spreadsheetId	path	string	true	The unique identifier of the spreadsheet
sheetId	path	string	true	The unique identifier of the sheet

Code Samples

curl

curl -X DELETE https://api.app.wdesk.com/spreadsheets/v1/spreadsheets/{spreadsheetId}/sheets/{sheetId} \
    -H 'Accept: application/json' \
    -H 'Authorization: Bearer {access-token}' \
    -H 'X-Version: 2022-01-01'

httpie

http DELETE https://api.app.wdesk.com/spreadsheets/v1/spreadsheets/{spreadsheetId}/sheets/{sheetId} \
    X-Version:2022-01-01 \
    Accept:application/json \
    Authorization:"Bearer {access-token}"

wget

wget --method=DELETE "https://api.app.wdesk.com/spreadsheets/v1/spreadsheets/{spreadsheetId}/sheets/{sheetId}" \
    --output-document -  \ 
    --header 'Accept: application/json' \ 
    --header 'Authorization: Bearer {access-token}' \
    --header 'X-Version: 2022-01-01'

python

import requests

headers = {
  'X-Version': '2022-01-01',
  'Accept': 'application/json',
  'Authorization': 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

r = requests.delete('https://api.app.wdesk.com/spreadsheets/v1/spreadsheets/{spreadsheetId}/sheets/{sheetId}', headers = headers)

print(r.json())

Returns

200 - OK

No content returned.

401 - Unauthorized

An ErrorResponse object containing a message and list of errors.

403 - Forbidden

An ErrorResponse object containing a message and list of errors.

404 - Not Found

An ErrorResponse object containing a message and list of errors.

500 - Internal Server Error

An ErrorResponse object containing a message and list of errors.

Example Responses

200 Response

{
  "message": "Operation successful",
  "request_id": "d6a6ce3f-f120-4104-9587-a5a2dc45626c"
}