Call the DeleteFolder API to delete a folder - Resource Management - Alibaba Cloud - Resource Management

Operation description

Note

Before you delete a folder, make sure it does not contain any member accounts or child folders.

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RAM authorization

The table below describes the authorization required to call this API. You can define it in a Resource Access Management (RAM) policy. The table's columns are detailed below:

Action: The actions can be used in the Action element of RAM permission policy statements to grant permissions to perform the operation.
API: The API that you can call to perform the action.
Access level: The predefined level of access granted for each API. Valid values: create, list, get, update, and delete.
Resource type: The type of the resource that supports authorization to perform the action. It indicates if the action supports resource-level permission. The specified resource must be compatible with the action. Otherwise, the policy will be ineffective.
- For APIs with resource-level permissions, required resource types are marked with an asterisk (*). Specify the corresponding Alibaba Cloud Resource Name (ARN) in the Resource element of the policy.
- For APIs without resource-level permissions, it is shown as All Resources. Use an asterisk (*) in the Resource element of the policy.
Condition key: The condition keys defined by the service. The key allows for granular control, applying to either actions alone or actions associated with specific resources. In addition to service-specific condition keys, Alibaba Cloud provides a set of common condition keys applicable across all RAM-supported services.
Dependent action: The dependent actions required to run the action. To complete the action, the RAM user or the RAM role must have the permissions to perform all dependent actions.

Action

Access level

Resource type

Condition key

Dependent action

resourcemanager:DeleteFolder

delete

*Folder

acs:resourcemanager:*:{#accountId}:folder/{#ResourceDirectoryPath}

None

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example
FolderId	string	Yes	The ID of the folder.	fd-ae1in7****

Response elements

Element	Type	Description	Example
	object
RequestId	string	The ID of the request.	9B34724D-54B0-4A51-B34D-4512372FE1BE

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "RequestId": "9B34724D-54B0-4A51-B34D-4512372FE1BE"
}

Error codes

HTTP status code	Error code	Error message	Description
400	MissingParameter.FolderId	You must specify FolderId.	The specified folder ID is invalid. You must specify a valid folder ID.
400	InvalidParameter.FolderId	The FolderId is invalid.	The specified ID of the parent resource directory is invalid. The ID must either be a string that starts with r- of 6 characters in length or a string that starts with fd- of 10 character in length. The ID can contain letters and digits.
404	EntityNotExists.ResourceDirectory	The resource directory for the account is not enabled. We recommend that you first enable the resource directory for the account.	The resource directory for the account is not enabled. We recommend that you first enable the resource directory for the account.
404	EntityNotExists.Folder	The resource directory folder does not exist.	The specified resource directory does not exist. We recommend that you first create a resource directory.
409	DeleteConflict.Folder.SubFolder	This folder has sub folders.	Failed to delete the folder because one or more sub-folders exist in the folder. We recommend that you first remove the sub-folders.
409	DeleteConflict.Folder.Account	This folder has accounts.	Failed to delete the resource directory because one or more sub-directories exist in the resource directory. We recommend that you first remove these sub-directories.

See Error Codes for a complete list.

Release notes

See Release Notes for a complete list.