You can delete objects from versioning-suspended buckets to remove an object with a null version ID.
If versioning is suspended for a bucket, a DELETE request:
-
Can only remove an object whose version ID is
null. -
Doesn't remove anything if there isn't a null version of the object in the bucket.
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Inserts a delete marker into the bucket.
If bucket versioning is suspended, the operation removes the object that has a null
versionId. If a version ID exists, Amazon S3 inserts a delete marker that
becomes the current version of the object. The following figure shows how a simple
DELETE removes a null version and Amazon S3 inserts a delete marker in its
place instead with a null version ID.
To permanently delete an object that has a versionId, you must include the object’s
versionId in the request. Since a delete marker doesn't contain any
content, you'll lose the content for the null version when a delete marker replaces
it.
The following figure shows a bucket that doesn't have a null version. In this case,
the DELETE removes nothing. Instead, Amazon S3 just inserts a delete marker.
Even in a versioning-suspended bucket, the bucket owner can permanently delete a
specified version by including the version ID in the DELETE request. The
following figure shows that deleting a specified object version permanently removes that
version of the object. Only the bucket owner can delete a specified object
version.
