Removes the null version (if there is one) of an object and inserts a delete marker, which becomes the latest version of the object. If there isn't a null version, Amazon S3 does not remove any objects.
To remove a specific version, you must be the bucket owner and you must use the version Id subresource. Using this subresource permanently deletes the version. If the object deleted is a delete marker, Amazon S3 sets the response header, x-amz-delete-marker, to true.
If the object you want to delete is in a bucket where the bucket versioning configuration is MFA Delete enabled, you must include the x-amz-mfa request header in the DELETE versionId request. Requests that include x-amz-mfa must use HTTPS.
For more information about MFA Delete, see Using MFA Delete. To see sample requests that use versioning, see Sample Request.
You can delete objects by explicitly calling the DELETE Object API or configure its lifecycle (PutBucketLifecycle) to enable Amazon S3 to remove them for you. If you want to block users or accounts from removing or deleting objects from your bucket, you must deny them the s3:DeleteObject, s3:DeleteObjectVersion, and s3:PutLifeCycleConfiguration actions.
The following operation is related to DeleteObject:
Request Syntax
DELETE /Key+?versionId=VersionId HTTP/1.1 Host: Bucket.s3.amazonaws.com x-amz-mfa: MFA x-amz-request-payer: RequestPayer x-amz-bypass-governance-retention: BypassGovernanceRetention
URI Request Parameters
The request uses the following URI parameters.
- Bucket
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The bucket name of the bucket containing the object.
When using this API with an access point, you must direct requests to the access point hostname. The access point hostname takes the form AccessPointName-AccountId.s3-accesspoint.Region.amazonaws.com. When using this operation using an access point through the AWS SDKs, you provide the access point ARN in place of the bucket name. For more information about access point ARNs, see Using Access Points in the Amazon Simple Storage Service Developer Guide.
Required: Yes
- Key
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Key name of the object to delete.
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1.
Required: Yes
- versionId
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VersionId used to reference a specific version of the object.
- x-amz-bypass-governance-retention
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Indicates whether S3 Object Lock should bypass Governance-mode restrictions to process this operation.
- x-amz-mfa
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The concatenation of the authentication device's serial number, a space, and the value that is displayed on your authentication device. Required to permanently delete a versioned object if versioning is configured with MFA delete enabled.
- x-amz-request-payer
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Confirms that the requester knows that they will be charged for the request. Bucket owners need not specify this parameter in their requests. For information about downloading objects from requester pays buckets, see Downloading Objects in Requestor Pays Buckets in the Amazon S3 Developer Guide.
Valid Values: requester
Request Body
The request does not have a request body.
Response Syntax
HTTP/1.1 204 x-amz-delete-marker: DeleteMarker x-amz-version-id: VersionId x-amz-request-charged: RequestCharged
Response Elements
If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 204 response.
The response returns the following HTTP headers.
- x-amz-delete-marker
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Specifies whether the versioned object that was permanently deleted was (true) or was not (false) a delete marker.
- x-amz-request-charged
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If present, indicates that the requester was successfully charged for the request.
Valid Values: requester
- x-amz-version-id
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Returns the version ID of the delete marker created as a result of the DELETE operation.
Examples
Sample Request
The following request deletes the object my-second-image.jpg.
DELETE /my-second-image.jpg HTTP/1.1 Host: bucket.s3.<Region>.amazonaws.com Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2009 17:50:00 GMT Authorization: authorization string Content-Type: text/plain
Sample Response
HTTP/1.1 204 NoContent x-amz-id-2: LriYPLdmOdAiIfgSm/F1YsViT1LW94/xUQxMsF7xiEb1a0wiIOIxl+zbwZ163pt7 x-amz-request-id: 0A49CE4060975EAC Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2009 17:50:00 GMT Content-Length: 0 Connection: close Server: AmazonS3
Sample Request: Deleting a specified version of an object
The following request deletes the specified version of the object my-third-image.jpg.
DELETE /my-third-image.jpg?versionId=UIORUnfndfiufdisojhr398493jfdkjFJjkndnqUifhnw89493jJFJ HTTP/1.1 Host: bucket.s3.<Region>.amazonaws.com Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2009 17:50:00 GMT Authorization: authorization string Content-Type: text/plain Content-Length: 0
Sample Response
HTTP/1.1 204 NoContent x-amz-id-2: LriYPLdmOdAiIfgSm/F1YsViT1LW94/xUQxMsF7xiEb1a0wiIOIxl+zbwZ163pt7 x-amz-request-id: 0A49CE4060975EAC x-amz-version-id: UIORUnfndfiufdisojhr398493jfdkjFJjkndnqUifhnw89493jJFJ Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2009 17:50:00 GMT Content-Length: 0 Connection: close Server: AmazonS3
Sample Response: If the object deleted is a delete marker
HTTP/1.1 204 NoContent x-amz-id-2: LriYPLdmOdAiIfgSm/F1YsViT1LW94/xUQxMsF7xiEb1a0wiIOIxl+zbwZ163pt7 x-amz-request-id: 0A49CE4060975EAC x-amz-version-id: 3/L4kqtJlcpXroDTDmJ+rmSpXd3dIbrHY+MTRCxf3vjVBH40Nr8X8gdRQBpUMLUo x-amz-delete-marker: true Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2009 17:50:00 GMT Content-Length: 0 Connection: close Server: AmazonS3
Sample Request: Deleting a specified version of an object in an MFA-enabled bucket
The following request deletes the specified version of the object my-third-image.jpg, which is stored in an MFA-enabled bucket.
DELETE /my-third-image.jpg?versionId=UIORUnfndfiuf HTTP/1.1 Host: bucket.s3.<Region>.amazonaws.com Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2009 17:50:00 GMT x-amz-mfa:[SerialNumber] [AuthenticationCode] Authorization: authorization string Content-Type: text/plain Content-Length: 0
Sample Response
HTTP/1.1 204 NoContent x-amz-id-2: LriYPLdmOdAiIfgSm/F1YsViT1LW94/xUQxMsF7xiEb1a0wiIOIxl+zbwZ163pt7 x-amz-request-id: 0A49CE4060975EAC x-amz-version-id: UIORUnfndfiuf Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2009 17:50:00 GMT Content-Length: 0 Connection: close Server: AmazonS3