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Empty and Delete a Bucket

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Recipe · 3 steps

Empty and Delete a Bucket

with Amazon S3 · IT Infrastructure Management

List, batch-delete objects, then delete the empty bucket.

  1. List the bucket contents to see what must be removed before the bucket can be deleted.
  2. Delete the supplied keys in a single DeleteObjects request to empty the bucket.
  3. Delete the now-empty bucket. S3 responds with 204 No Content on success.
What you'll need to have ready
  • bucket: The bucket to empty and delete.
  • objectsToDelete: The list of objects to delete, each an object with a Key.
For your developer

Arazzo workflow amazon-s3:empty-and-delete-bucket, 3 operations: ListObjectsV2 → DeleteObjects → DeleteBucket. Specs on APIs.io.