# DeleteObject Removes an object from a bucket. The behavior depends on the bucket's versioning state: + If bucket versioning is not enabled, the operation permanently deletes the object. + If bucket versioning is enabled, the operation inserts a delete marker, which becomes the current version of the object. To permanently delete an object in a versioned bucket, you must include the object’s `versionId` in the request. For more information about versioning-enabled buckets, see [Deleting object versions from a versioning-enabled bucket](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/DeletingObjectVersions.html). + If bucket versioning is suspended, the operation removes the object that has a null `versionId`, if there is one, and inserts a delete marker that becomes the current version of the object. If there isn't an object with a null `versionId`, and all versions of the object have a `versionId`, Amazon S3 does not remove the object and only inserts a delete marker. To permanently delete an object that has a `versionId`, you must include the object’s `versionId` in the request. For more information about versioning-suspended buckets, see [Deleting objects from versioning-suspended buckets](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/DeletingObjectsfromVersioningSuspendedBuckets.html). **Note** **Directory buckets** - S3 Versioning isn't enabled and supported for directory buckets. For this API operation, only the `null` value of the version ID is supported by directory buckets. You can only specify `null` to the `versionId` query parameter in the request. **Directory buckets** - For directory buckets, you must make requests for this API operation to the Zonal endpoint. These endpoints support virtual-hosted-style requests in the format `https://amzn-s3-demo-bucket.s3express-zone-id.region-code.amazonaws.com/key-name `. Path-style requests are not supported. For more information about endpoints in Availability Zones, see [Regional and Zonal endpoints for directory buckets in Availability Zones](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/endpoint-directory-buckets-AZ.html) in the *Amazon S3 User Guide*. For more information about endpoints in Local Zones, see [Concepts for directory buckets in Local Zones](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/s3-lzs-for-directory-buckets.html) in the *Amazon S3 User Guide*. To remove a specific version, you must use the `versionId` query parameter. Using this query parameter 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](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/UsingMFADelete.html) in the *Amazon S3 User Guide*. To see sample requests that use versioning, see [Sample Request](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/RESTObjectDELETE.html#ExampleVersionObjectDelete). **Note** **Directory buckets** - MFA delete is not supported by directory buckets. You can delete objects by explicitly calling DELETE Object or calling ([PutBucketLifecycle](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_PutBucketLifecycle.html)) 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. **Note** **Directory buckets** - S3 Lifecycle is not supported by directory buckets. Permissions + **General purpose bucket permissions** - The following permissions are required in your policies when your `DeleteObjects` request includes specific headers. + ** `s3:DeleteObject` ** - To delete an object from a bucket, you must always have the `s3:DeleteObject` permission. + ** `s3:DeleteObjectVersion` ** - To delete a specific version of an object from a versioning-enabled bucket, you must have the `s3:DeleteObjectVersion` permission. **Note** If the `s3:DeleteObject` or `s3:DeleteObjectVersion` permissions are explicitly denied in your bucket policy, attempts to delete any unversioned objects result in a `403 Access Denied` error. + **Directory bucket permissions** - To grant access to this API operation on a directory bucket, we recommend that you use the [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_CreateSession.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_CreateSession.html) API operation for session-based authorization. Specifically, you grant the `s3express:CreateSession` permission to the directory bucket in a bucket policy or an IAM identity-based policy. Then, you make the `CreateSession` API call on the bucket to obtain a session token. With the session token in your request header, you can make API requests to this operation. After the session token expires, you make another `CreateSession` API call to generate a new session token for use. AWS CLI or SDKs create session and refresh the session token automatically to avoid service interruptions when a session expires. For more information about authorization, see [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_CreateSession.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_CreateSession.html). HTTP Host header syntax **Directory buckets ** - The HTTP Host header syntax is ` Bucket-name.s3express-zone-id.region-code.amazonaws.com`. The following action is related to `DeleteObject`: + [PutObject](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_PutObject.html) **Important** You must URL encode any signed header values that contain spaces. For example, if your header value is `my file.txt`, containing two spaces after `my`, you must URL encode this value to `my%20%20file.txt`. **Note** The `If-Match` header is supported for both general purpose and directory buckets. `IfMatchLastModifiedTime` and `IfMatchSize` is only supported for directory buckets. ## 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 If-Match: IfMatch x-amz-if-match-last-modified-time: IfMatchLastModifiedTime x-amz-if-match-size: IfMatchSize ``` ## URI Request Parameters The request uses the following URI parameters. ** [Bucket](#API_DeleteObject_RequestSyntax) ** The bucket name of the bucket containing the object. **Directory buckets** - When you use this operation with a directory bucket, you must use virtual-hosted-style requests in the format ` Bucket-name.s3express-zone-id.region-code.amazonaws.com`. Path-style requests are not supported. Directory bucket names must be unique in the chosen Zone (Availability Zone or Local Zone). Bucket names must follow the format ` bucket-base-name--zone-id--x-s3` (for example, ` amzn-s3-demo-bucket--usw2-az1--x-s3`). For information about bucket naming restrictions, see [Directory bucket naming rules](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/directory-bucket-naming-rules.html) in the *Amazon S3 User Guide*. **Access points** - When you use this action with an access point for general purpose buckets, you must provide the alias of the access point in place of the bucket name or specify the access point ARN. When you use this action with an access point for directory buckets, you must provide the access point name in place of the bucket name. When using the access point ARN, 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 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](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/using-access-points.html) in the *Amazon S3 User Guide*. Object Lambda access points are not supported by directory buckets. **S3 on Outposts** - When you use this action with 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, the destination bucket must be the Outposts access point ARN or the access point alias. For more information about S3 on Outposts, see [What is S3 on Outposts?](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/S3onOutposts.html) in the *Amazon S3 User Guide*. Required: Yes ** [If-Match](#API_DeleteObject_RequestSyntax) ** Deletes the object if the ETag (entity tag) value provided during the delete operation matches the ETag of the object in S3. If the ETag values do not match, the operation returns a `412 Precondition Failed` error. Expects the ETag value as a string. `If-Match` does accept a string value of an '\$1' (asterisk) character to denote a match of any ETag. For more information about conditional requests, see [RFC 7232](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7232). ** [Key](#API_DeleteObject_RequestSyntax) ** Key name of the object to delete. Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Required: Yes ** [versionId](#API_DeleteObject_RequestSyntax) ** Version ID used to reference a specific version of the object. For directory buckets in this API operation, only the `null` value of the version ID is supported. ** [x-amz-bypass-governance-retention](#API_DeleteObject_RequestSyntax) ** 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. This functionality is not supported for directory buckets. ** [x-amz-expected-bucket-owner](#API_DeleteObject_RequestSyntax) ** The account ID of the expected bucket owner. If the account ID that you provide does not match the actual owner of the bucket, the request fails with the HTTP status code `403 Forbidden` (access denied). ** [x-amz-if-match-last-modified-time](#API_DeleteObject_RequestSyntax) ** If present, the object is deleted only if its modification times matches the provided `Timestamp`. If the `Timestamp` values do not match, the operation returns a `412 Precondition Failed` error. If the `Timestamp` matches or if the object doesn’t exist, the operation returns a `204 Success (No Content)` response. This functionality is only supported for directory buckets. ** [x-amz-if-match-size](#API_DeleteObject_RequestSyntax) ** If present, the object is deleted only if its size matches the provided size in bytes. If the `Size` value does not match, the operation returns a `412 Precondition Failed` error. If the `Size` matches or if the object doesn’t exist, the operation returns a `204 Success (No Content)` response. This functionality is only supported for directory buckets. You can use the `If-Match`, `x-amz-if-match-last-modified-time` and `x-amz-if-match-size` conditional headers in conjunction with each-other or individually. ** [x-amz-mfa](#API_DeleteObject_RequestSyntax) ** 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. This functionality is not supported for directory buckets. ** [x-amz-request-payer](#API_DeleteObject_RequestSyntax) ** Confirms that the requester knows that they will be charged for the request. Bucket owners need not specify this parameter in their requests. If either the source or destination S3 bucket has Requester Pays enabled, the requester will pay for the corresponding charges. For information about downloading objects from Requester Pays buckets, see [Downloading Objects in Requester Pays Buckets](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/ObjectsinRequesterPaysBuckets.html) in the *Amazon S3 User Guide*. This functionality is not supported for directory buckets. 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](#API_DeleteObject_ResponseSyntax) ** Indicates whether the specified object version that was permanently deleted was (true) or was not (false) a delete marker before deletion. In a simple DELETE, this header indicates whether (true) or not (false) the current version of the object is a delete marker. To learn more about delete markers, see [Working with delete markers](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/DeleteMarker.html). This functionality is not supported for directory buckets. ** [x-amz-request-charged](#API_DeleteObject_ResponseSyntax) ** If present, indicates that the requester was successfully charged for the request. For more information, see [Using Requester Pays buckets for storage transfers and usage](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/RequesterPaysBuckets.html) in the *Amazon Simple Storage Service user guide*. This functionality is not supported for directory buckets. Valid Values: `requester` ** [x-amz-version-id](#API_DeleteObject_ResponseSyntax) ** Returns the version ID of the delete marker created as a result of the DELETE operation. This functionality is not supported for directory buckets. ## Examples ### Sample Request for general purpose buckets The following request deletes the object `my-second-image.jpg`. ``` DELETE /my-second-image.jpg HTTP/1.1 Host: amzn-s3-demo-bucket.s3..amazonaws.com Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2009 17:50:00 GMT Authorization: authorization string Content-Type: text/plain ``` ### Sample Response for general purpose buckets 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 for general purpose buckets: 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: amzn-s3-demo-bucket.s3..amazonaws.com Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2009 17:50:00 GMT Authorization: authorization string Content-Type: text/plain Content-Length: 0 ``` ### Sample Response for general purpose buckets 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 for general purpose buckets: 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 for general purpose buckets: 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: amzn-s3-demo-bucket.s3..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 for general purpose buckets 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 AWS SDKs, see the following: + [AWS Command Line Interface V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/cli2/s3-2006-03-01/DeleteObject) + [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/s3-2006-03-01/DeleteObject) + [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/s3-2006-03-01/DeleteObject) + [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/s3-2006-03-01/DeleteObject) + [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/s3-2006-03-01/DeleteObject) + [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/s3-2006-03-01/DeleteObject) + [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/s3-2006-03-01/DeleteObject) + [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/s3-2006-03-01/DeleteObject) + [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/s3-2006-03-01/DeleteObject) + [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/s3-2006-03-01/DeleteObject)