Deleted AdGroups Still Present (Sort Of...)

[testa...@geeks.ltd.uk]

Hi All,

I have used the AdWords API to create some AdGroups, which I then deleted via the AdWords UI. The problem is that now I can't re-upload AdGroups with the same name, as it says that there are duplicates. For some reason, deletion via the UI does not seem to completely get rid of them. I need to able to constantly create and delete the AdGroups to test the application I am making, and it will be a pain to constantly be changing the name of the Groups.

Can anyone suggest a solution?

Thanks,
Conor

[testa...@geeks.ltd.uk]

Just as a note, I want to be able to create and delete these AdGroups programmatically, rather than using the AdWords UI.

[m...@kickstone.co.uk]

Most objects within adwords aren't actually deleted, they are simply marked as such (if you choose "all groups" from the drop down you will see them). They don't get deleted so that you can retrieve the stats for them at a later date. Unfortunately the new version of the api doesn't allow you to "resurrect" a removed item so you'll need to rename them before deleting to ensure uniqueness. 

John