Delete an Item

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Applies To: Windows Server 2012 Essentials

Deletes an existing item in a path where the user has the required permissions. If the path is a folder, the method also removes all items in the folder.

URI Template

POST services/builtin/FileOperationService.svc/item/delete?path={path}

{path}
A network path that begins with the server name, in the format /ServerName/FolderPath[/FileName].

Sample Request

POST https://www.contoso.com/services/builtin/FileOperationService.svc/item/delete?path=servername/Company/abc123 HTTP/1.1  
Accept: application/xml  
Cookie: ASP.NET_SessionId=********************  
Canary: *********************  
Host: domainname  
Content-Length: 0

Sample Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK

Error Codes

Error Code Error Message
401 Access is denied to the requested resource.
404 The path does not exist.

See Also

Web Service Methods