# tGSDelete Deletes the objects which match the specified criteria in Google Cloud Storage so as to release the occupied resources. ## tGSDelete Standard properties These properties are used to configure tGSDelete running in the Standard Job framework. The Standard tGSDelete component belongs to the Big Data and the Cloud families. The component in this framework is available in all Talend products. ## Basic settings | Properties | Description | | --- | --- | | Use an existing connection | Select this check box and in the Component List click the
relevant connection component to reuse the connection details you
already defined. | | Credential type | Select the mode to be used to authenticate to your project.



To know more about the Google Cloud authentication process, read [the Google Cloud documentation](https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/). | | Service account key | Click the [...] button next to the service account key
field to browse for the JSON file that contains your service account key.

This property is only available when you authenticate using Service
account. | | OAuth Access Token | Enter an access token.

The lifetime of the token is one hour. The component
does not perform the token refresh operation but will fetch the new access token
to operate beyond the one-hour limit.


This property is only available when you
authenticate using OAuth Access Token. | | Key prefix | Specify the prefix to delete only objects
whose keys begin with the specified prefix. | | Delimiter | Specify the delimiter in order to delete
only those objects with key names up to the delimiter. | | Specify project ID | When the credential type is set to OAuth Access
Token, select this check box and in the Project ID field enter the project ID from which
you want to delete objects. | | Delete object from bucket
list | Select this check box and complete the
Bucket table
to delete objects in the specified buckets.



If you select the Delete object from bucket
list check box, the Key prefix and Delimiter fields as well
as the Specify project
ID check box will not be available. | | Die on error | This check box is cleared by default,
meaning to skip the row on error and to complete the process for
error-free rows. | ## Advanced settings | Properties | Description | | --- | --- | | Use a custom endpoint | Select this check box to use a private endpoint rather than the default one.

When selected, enter the URL in the Google Storage Private API
URL property, by respecting the following format:
"https://storage.goggleapis.com".

For more information,
see [Access Google APIs through endpoints](https://cloud.google.com/vpc/docs/configure-private-service-connect-apis) from
Google documentation.

This property is only available when you authenticate
using Service account and Application Default
Credentials. | | tStatCatcher Statistics | Select this check box to gather the Job processing metadata at the Job level as well as at each component level. | ## Global Variables | Variables | Description | | --- | --- | | Global Variables | NB\_LINE: the number
of rows read by an input component or transferred to an output component. This is an
After variable and it returns an integer.


ERROR\_MESSAGE: the error message generated by the
component when an error occurs. This is an After variable and it returns a string. This
variable functions only if the Die on error checkbox is
cleared, if the component has this checkbox.

A Flow variable functions during the execution of a component
while an After variable functions after the execution of the component.

To fill up a field or expression with a variable, press Ctrl+Space to access the variable list and choose the variable to use from
it.

For more information about variables, see [Using contexts and variables](https://help.qlik.com/talend/r/en-US/8.0/studio-user-guide/contexts-and-variables). | ## Usage | Usage guidance | Description | | --- | --- | | **Usage rule** | This component can be used together with the tGSList component to check if the objects which match the specified criteria are deleted successfully. | **Related concepts** * [Managing files with Google Cloud Storage](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/8.0/gs/tgscopy-tgslist-tlogrow-managing-files-with-google-cloud-storage-standard-component-the)