# DeleteVectorBucket
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Deletes a vector bucket. All vector indexes in the vector bucket must be deleted before the vector bucket can be deleted. To perform this operation, you must use either the vector bucket name or the vector bucket Amazon Resource Name (ARN). 

Permissions  
You must have the `s3vectors:DeleteVectorBucket` permission to use this operation. 

## Request Syntax
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```
POST /DeleteVectorBucket HTTP/1.1
Content-type: application/json

{
   "vectorBucketArn": "string",
   "vectorBucketName": "string"
}
```

## URI Request Parameters
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The request does not use any URI parameters.

## Request Body
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The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

 ** [vectorBucketArn](#API_S3VectorBuckets_DeleteVectorBucket_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="AmazonS3-S3VectorBuckets_DeleteVectorBucket-request-vectorBucketArn"></a>
The ARN of the vector bucket to delete.  
Type: String  
Pattern: `arn:aws[-a-z0-9]*:s3vectors:[a-z0-9-]+:[0-9]{12}:bucket/[a-z0-9][a-z0-9-.]{1,61}[a-z0-9]`   
Required: No

 ** [vectorBucketName](#API_S3VectorBuckets_DeleteVectorBucket_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="AmazonS3-S3VectorBuckets_DeleteVectorBucket-request-vectorBucketName"></a>
The name of the vector bucket to delete.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 3. Maximum length of 63.  
Required: No

## Response Syntax
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```
HTTP/1.1 200
```

## Response Elements
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If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response with an empty HTTP body.

## Errors
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 ** AccessDeniedException **   
Access denied.  
HTTP Status Code: 403

 ** ConflictException **   
The request failed because a vector bucket name or a vector index name already exists. Vector bucket names must be unique within your AWS account for each AWS Region. Vector index names must be unique within your vector bucket. Choose a different vector bucket name or vector index name, and try again.  
HTTP Status Code: 409

 ** InternalServerException **   
The request failed due to an internal server error.  
HTTP Status Code: 500

 ** NotFoundException **   
The request was rejected because the specified resource can't be found.  
HTTP Status Code: 404

 ** RequestTimeoutException **   
The request timed out. Retry your request.  
HTTP Status Code: 408

 ** ServiceUnavailableException **   
The service is unavailable. Wait briefly and retry your request. If it continues to fail, increase your waiting time between retries.  
HTTP Status Code: 503

 ** TooManyRequestsException **   
The request was denied due to request throttling.  
HTTP Status Code: 429

 ** ValidationException **   
The requested action isn't valid.    
 ** fieldList **   
A list of specific validation failures that are encountered during input processing. Each entry in the list contains a path to the field that failed validation and a detailed message that explains why the validation failed. To satisfy multiple constraints, a field can appear multiple times in this list if it failed. You can use the information to identify and fix the specific validation issues in your request.
HTTP Status Code: 400

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS Command Line Interface V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/cli2/s3vectors-2025-07-15/DeleteVectorBucket) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/s3vectors-2025-07-15/DeleteVectorBucket) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/s3vectors-2025-07-15/DeleteVectorBucket) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/s3vectors-2025-07-15/DeleteVectorBucket) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/s3vectors-2025-07-15/DeleteVectorBucket) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/s3vectors-2025-07-15/DeleteVectorBucket) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/s3vectors-2025-07-15/DeleteVectorBucket) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/s3vectors-2025-07-15/DeleteVectorBucket) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/s3vectors-2025-07-15/DeleteVectorBucket) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/s3vectors-2025-07-15/DeleteVectorBucket)