aws-s3-rm

Delete a single object from S3

$ aws s3 rm s3://[bucket-name]/[file.txt]

$ aws s3 rm s3://[bucket-name]/[prefix/] --recursive

$ aws s3 rm s3://[bucket-name] --recursive

$ aws s3 rm s3://[bucket-name]/ --recursive --exclude "*.jpg"

$ aws s3 rm s3://[bucket-name]/ --recursive --dryrun

aws s3 rm S3Uri [options]

aws s3 rm deletes objects from Amazon S3. By default, it deletes a single object. Use the --recursive option to delete all objects under a specified prefix.
The command supports pattern matching with --include and --exclude options to selectively delete objects matching specific criteria.

S3Uri

The S3 URI of the object or prefix to delete (s3://bucket-name/key)

Delete all objects under the specified prefix

Display operations that would be performed without executing them

Suppress output during the delete operation

Include objects matching the pattern (used with --exclude)

Exclude objects matching the pattern from deletion

Display only errors and warnings, suppressing successful operations

Number of objects to retrieve per API call (default: 1000)

This command deletes non-versioned objects. For versioned buckets, deletion creates delete markers but does not permanently remove previous versions. To permanently delete versioned objects, use aws s3api delete-object with --version-id. Deletion is permanent for non-versioned buckets and cannot be undone.

aws-s3(1), aws-s3-rb(1), rm(1)