delete_label
Remove unwanted labels from your Gmail account to maintain organized inbox management and reduce clutter in your email organization system.
Instructions
Delete a label
Input Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | Yes | The ID of the label to delete |
Implementation Reference
- src/index.ts:422-433 (registration)Registration of the 'delete_label' MCP tool using server.tool(), including description, input schema, and inline handler function that deletes a Gmail label by ID.server.tool("delete_label", "Delete a label", { id: z.string().describe("The ID of the label to delete") }, async (params) => { return handleTool(config, async (gmail: gmail_v1.Gmail) => { const { data } = await gmail.users.labels.delete({ userId: 'me', id: params.id }) return formatResponse(data) }) } )
- src/index.ts:424-426 (schema)Input schema for delete_label tool: requires a string 'id' parameter for the label ID.{ id: z.string().describe("The ID of the label to delete") },
- src/index.ts:427-432 (handler)Handler function for delete_label: uses handleTool to authenticate and call Gmail API to delete the specified label.async (params) => { return handleTool(config, async (gmail: gmail_v1.Gmail) => { const { data } = await gmail.users.labels.delete({ userId: 'me', id: params.id }) return formatResponse(data) }) }
- src/index.ts:49-65 (helper)Shared helper function handleTool used by delete_label (and other tools) for OAuth2 authentication, client creation, and executing the Gmail API call.const handleTool = async (queryConfig: Record<string, any> | undefined, apiCall: (gmail: gmail_v1.Gmail) => Promise<any>) => { try { const oauth2Client = queryConfig ? createOAuth2Client(queryConfig) : defaultOAuth2Client if (!oauth2Client) throw new Error('OAuth2 client could not be created, please check your credentials') const credentialsAreValid = await validateCredentials(oauth2Client) if (!credentialsAreValid) throw new Error('OAuth2 credentials are invalid, please re-authenticate') const gmailClient = queryConfig ? google.gmail({ version: 'v1', auth: oauth2Client }) : defaultGmailClient if (!gmailClient) throw new Error('Gmail client could not be created, please check your credentials') const result = await apiCall(gmailClient) return result } catch (error: any) { return `Tool execution failed: ${error.message}` } }
- src/index.ts:47-48 (helper)Shared helper formatResponse used by delete_label to format the API response for MCP.const formatResponse = (response: any) => ({ content: [{ type: "text", text: JSON.stringify(response) }] })