code: def delete(self):
          
          modification = table_admin_v2_pb2.ModifyColumnFamiliesRequest.Modification(
              id=self.column_family_id, drop=True
          )
  
          client = self._table._instance._client
          # data it contains are the GC rule and the column family ID already
          # stored on this instance.
          client.table_admin_client.modify_column_families(
              self._table.name, [modification]
          )
docs: Delete this column family.
  
          For example:
  
          .. literalinclude:: snippets_table.py
              :start-after: [START bigtable_delete_column_family]
              :end-before: [END bigtable_delete_column_family]