AmazonS3Client.DeleteBucket Method (DeleteBucketRequest)

Deletes the bucket. All objects (including all object versions and Delete Markers) in the bucket must be deleted before the bucket itself can be deleted.

Syntax

Examples

This example shows how to delete an bucket.

DeleteBucket sample

// Create a client
AmazonS3Client client = new AmazonS3Client();

// Construct request
DeleteBucketRequest request = new DeleteBucketRequest
{
    BucketName = "SampleBucket"
};

// Issue call
DeleteBucketResponse response = client.DeleteBucket(request);

                

This example shows how to delete all items in a bucket, and then delete the actual bucket.

DeleteBucket sample

// Create a client
AmazonS3Client client = new AmazonS3Client();

// List and delete all objects
ListObjectsRequest listRequest = new ListObjectsRequest
{
    BucketName = "SampleBucket"
};

ListObjectsResponse listResponse;
do
{
    // Get a list of objects
    listResponse = client.ListObjects(listRequest);
    foreach (S3Object obj in listResponse.S3Objects)
    {
        // Delete each object
        client.DeleteObject(new DeleteObjectRequest
        {
            BucketName = "SampleBucket",
            Key = obj.Key
        });
    }

    // Set the marker property
    listRequest.Marker = listResponse.NextMarker;
} while (listResponse.IsTruncated);

// Construct DeleteBucket request
DeleteBucketRequest request = new DeleteBucketRequest
{
    BucketName = "SampleBucket"
};

// Issue call
DeleteBucketResponse response = client.DeleteBucket(request);

                

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