aws s3 rb

Deletes an empty S3 bucket. AWS CLI reference

2 examples 1 option Its page in the AWS CLI reference

Examples

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Example 1: To delete a bucket

The following rb example removes a bucket. In this example, the user's bucket is amzn-s3-demo-bucket. Note that the bucket must be empty in order to remove it.

aws s3 rb s3://amzn-s3-demo-bucketIdentify

Its output

remove_bucket: amzn-s3-demo-bucket

Example 2: To force delete a bucket

The following rb example uses the --force parameter to first remove all of the objects in the bucket and then remove the bucket itself. In this example, the user's bucket is amzn-s3-demo-bucket and the objects in amzn-s3-demo-bucket are test1.txt and test2.txt.

aws s3 rb s3://amzn-s3-demo-bucket --forceIdentify

--forceDeletes all objects in the bucket including the bucket itself.

Its output

delete: s3://amzn-s3-demo-bucket/test1.txt
delete: s3://amzn-s3-demo-bucket/test2.txt
remove_bucket: amzn-s3-demo-bucket

For more information, see Using high-level (s3) commands in the AWS CLI in the AWS CLI User Guide.

Options

1 in the AWS CLI reference

--forceDeletes all objects in the bucket including the bucket itself.