DeleteObject - Amazon Simple Storage Service
Request SyntaxURI Request ParametersRequest BodyResponse SyntaxResponse ElementsExamplesSee Also
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DeleteObject

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 but will still respond that the command was successful.

To remove a specific version, 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 DELETE Object 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 action 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
x-amz-expected-bucket-owner: ExpectedBucketOwner

URI Request Parameters

The request uses the following URI parameters.

Bucket

The bucket name of the bucket containing the object.

When using this action 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 action with an access point through the Amazon 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 S3 User Guide.

When you use this action with Amazon S3 on Outposts, you must direct requests to the S3 on Outposts hostname. The S3 on Outposts hostname takes the form AccessPointName-AccountId.outpostID.s3-outposts.Region.amazonaws.com. When you use this action with S3 on Outposts through the Amazon SDKs, you provide the Outposts access point ARN in place of the bucket name. For more information about S3 on Outposts ARNs, see What is S3 on Outposts in the Amazon S3 User Guide.

Required: Yes

Key

Key name of the object to delete.

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1.

Required: Yes

versionId

VersionId used to reference a specific version of the object.

x-amz-bypass-governance-retention

Indicates whether S3 Object Lock should bypass Governance-mode restrictions to process this operation. To use this header, you must have the s3:BypassGovernanceRetention permission.

x-amz-expected-bucket-owner

The account ID of the expected bucket owner. If the bucket is owned by a different account, the request fails with the HTTP status code 403 Forbidden (access denied).

x-amz-mfa

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

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 Requester Pays Buckets in the Amazon S3 User 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

Specifies whether the versioned object that was permanently deleted was (true) or was not (false) a delete marker.

x-amz-request-charged

If present, indicates that the requester was successfully charged for the request.

Valid Values: requester

x-amz-version-id

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

This example illustrates one usage of DeleteObject.


           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

This example illustrates one usage of DeleteObject.


           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

This example illustrates one usage of DeleteObject.


            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

This example illustrates one usage of DeleteObject.


            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

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific Amazon SDKs, see the following: