from pydrive.auth import GoogleAuth

from pydrive.drive import GoogleDrive

gauth = GoogleAuth()

drive = GoogleDrive(gauth)

file_list = drive.ListFile({'q': 'trashed=false'}).GetList()

for file in file_list:

if(file['title']=='files_to_delete_list.txt'):

file = drive.CreateFile({'id': file['id']})

file.GetContentFile('files_to_delete_list.txt')

with open("files_to_delete_list.txt", "r") as myfile:

lines = myfile.readlines()

#file_search will search for the file which is mentioned in the files_to_delete_list in the Google Drive

#file_to_be_deleted will contain the files to be deleted

for file_search in file_list:

for files_to_be_deleted in lines:

rm = files_to_be_deleted.strip()

if(file_search['title']==rm):

ftb = drive.CreateFile({'id': file_search['id']})

ftb.Delete()