aws-s3-rb

Remove S3 buckets

TLDR

Delete an empty S3 bucket

$ aws s3 rb s3://[bucket-name]

Force delete a bucket and all its non-versioned objects

$ aws s3 rb s3://[bucket-name] --force

Delete a bucket in a specific region

$ aws s3 rb s3://[bucket-name] --region [us-east-1]

SYNOPSIS

aws s3 rb S3Uri [--force] [options]

aws s3 rb (remove bucket) deletes an S3 bucket. By default, the bucket must be completely empty of objects before it can be deleted.Use the --force option to automatically delete all non-versioned objects in the bucket before removing the bucket itself. This is a destructive operation that cannot be undone.

PARAMETERS

S3Uri

The S3 URI of the bucket to delete (s3://bucket-name)

--force

Delete all objects in the bucket before deleting the bucket itself

INSTALL

sudo dnf install aws

sudo pacman -S aws-cli

sudo apk add aws-cli

sudo zypper install aws-cli

CAVEATS

The --force option only deletes non-versioned objects. If the bucket contains versioned objects or delete markers, the bucket deletion will fail even with --force. For buckets with versioning enabled, use aws s3api delete-object with --version-id to remove all object versions first, or configure a lifecycle policy to expire versions. Bucket deletion is permanent and the bucket name becomes available for others to use.