Can a Budget be removed via the API?

[pat...@tryadhawk.com]

I'm attempting to set the status of a Budget to REMOVED. The budget is not explicitly shared and the reference count is zero. However, when performing the mutation via the BudgetService, the returned status is ENABLED. The documentation contains conflicting information, with some pages explaining how to set the status to REMOVED and others stating that the API ignores the status attribute.

This page says status is ignored by the API:

https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/reference/v201710/CampaignService.Budget 

These pages say to use mutate and set the status to REMOVED:

https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/guides/objects-methods#operator

https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/guides/budgets

I feel like I'm taking crazy pills.

[Peter Oliquino]

Hi Patrick,

You should be able to SET a budget to REMOVED status using the BudgetService as discussed here. However, in order to better understand the issue you are encountering, could your provide the generated SOAP request and response? You may reply to me using the Reply privately to author option.

Best regards,

Peter

AdWords API Team