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Delete a DataExtension folderLearn how to delete a Folder in Salesforce Marketing Cloud (SFMC) with SSJS (server-side JavaScript). Code snippets include the WSProxy method.
WSProxy
var api = new Script.Util.WSProxy();
var req = api.retrieve("DataFolder", ["Name", "ObjectID"], {
Property: "Name",
SimpleOperator: "equals",
Value: "MyFolder"
});
var objectId = req.Results[0].ObjectID;
var result = api.deleteItem("DataFolder", {
"ObjectID": objectId
});
<script runat="server">
Platform.Load("core", "1");
var api = new Script.Util.WSProxy();
try {
var req = api.retrieve("DataFolder", ["Name", "ObjectID"], {
Property: "Name",
SimpleOperator: "equals",
Value: "MyFolder"
});
var objectId = req.Results[0].ObjectID;
var result = api.deleteItem("DataFolder", {
"ObjectID": objectId
});
Write(Stringify(result));
} catch(error) {
Write(Stringify(error));
}
</script>
{
"Status": "OK",
"RequestID": "S0M3-GU1D-K3Y-G03SR1G4T-H3R3",
"Results": [
{
"Object": null,
"StatusCode": "OK",
"StatusMessage": "Folder deleted successfully.",
"OrdinalID": 0,
"ErrorCode": 0,
"RequestID": null,
"ConversationID": null,
"OverallStatusCode": null,
"RequestType": "Synchronous",
"ResultType": null,
"ResultDetailXML": null
}
]
}
WARNING
ObjectID is required in order to delete a Data Extension.
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