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Use DeleteObjects with an Amazon SDK

The following code example shows how to use DeleteObjects.

Java
SDK for Java 2.x
Note

There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Amazon Code Examples Repository.

Delete multiple objects in a directory bucket.

import software.amazon.awssdk.regions.Region; import software.amazon.awssdk.services.s3.S3Client; import software.amazon.awssdk.services.s3.model.Delete; import software.amazon.awssdk.services.s3.model.DeleteObjectsRequest; import software.amazon.awssdk.services.s3.model.DeleteObjectsResponse; import software.amazon.awssdk.services.s3.model.ObjectIdentifier; import software.amazon.awssdk.services.s3.model.S3Exception; import java.net.URISyntaxException; import java.nio.file.Path; import java.nio.file.Paths; import java.util.List; import org.slf4j.Logger; import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory; import static com.example.s3.util.S3DirectoryBucketUtils.createDirectoryBucket; import static com.example.s3.util.S3DirectoryBucketUtils.createS3Client; import static com.example.s3.util.S3DirectoryBucketUtils.deleteDirectoryBucket; import static com.example.s3.util.S3DirectoryBucketUtils.getFilePath; import static com.example.s3.util.S3DirectoryBucketUtils.putDirectoryBucketObject; /** * Deletes multiple objects from the specified S3 directory bucket. * * @param s3Client The S3 client used to interact with S3 * @param bucketName The name of the directory bucket * @param objectKeys The list of keys (names) of the objects to be deleted */ public static void deleteDirectoryBucketObjects(S3Client s3Client, String bucketName, List<String> objectKeys) { logger.info("Deleting objects from bucket: {}", bucketName); try { // Create a list of ObjectIdentifier. List<ObjectIdentifier> identifiers = objectKeys.stream() .map(key -> ObjectIdentifier.builder().key(key).build()) .toList(); Delete delete = Delete.builder() .objects(identifiers) .build(); DeleteObjectsRequest deleteObjectsRequest = DeleteObjectsRequest.builder() .bucket(bucketName) .delete(delete) .build(); DeleteObjectsResponse deleteObjectsResponse = s3Client.deleteObjects(deleteObjectsRequest); deleteObjectsResponse.deleted().forEach(deleted -> logger.info("Deleted object: {}", deleted.key())); } catch (S3Exception e) { logger.error("Failed to delete objects: {} - Error code: {}", e.awsErrorDetails().errorMessage(), e.awsErrorDetails().errorCode(), e); throw e; } }
  • For API details, see DeleteObjects in Amazon SDK for Java 2.x API Reference.

For a complete list of Amazon SDK developer guides and code examples, see Developing with Amazon S3 using the Amazon SDKs. This topic also includes information about getting started and details about previous SDK versions.