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DeleteFolder - Amazon QuickSight

Use the DeleteFolder operation to delete an empty folder. To use this operation, you need the ID of the folder whose permissions you want to view. The folder ID is part of the folder URL in Amazon QuickSight. You can also use the ListFolders operation to get the ID.

Following is an example AWS CLI command for this operation.

AWS CLI
aws quicksight delete-folder 
    --aws-account-id AWSACCOUNTID 
    --folder-id FOLDERID
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aws quicksight delete-folder 
    --aws-account-id AWSACCOUNTID 
    --folder-id FOLDERID

For more information about the DeleteFolder operation, see DeleteFolder in the Amazon QuickSight API Reference.

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