# DeleteBucket
Deletes the S3 bucket. All objects (including all object versions and delete markers) in the bucket must be deleted before the bucket itself can be deleted.
**Note**
**Directory buckets** - If multipart uploads in a directory bucket are in progress, you can't delete the bucket until all the in-progress multipart uploads are aborted or completed.
**Directory buckets ** - For directory buckets, you must make requests for this API operation to the Regional endpoint. These endpoints support path-style requests in the format `https://s3express-control.region-code.amazonaws.com/bucket-name `. Virtual-hosted-style requests aren't 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*.
Permissions
+ **General purpose bucket permissions** - You must have the `s3:DeleteBucket` permission on the specified bucket in a policy.
+ **Directory bucket permissions** - You must have the `s3express:DeleteBucket` permission in an IAM identity-based policy instead of a bucket policy. Cross-account access to this API operation isn't supported. This operation can only be performed by the AWS account that owns the resource. For more information about directory bucket policies and permissions, see [AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) for S3 Express One Zone](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/s3-express-security-iam.html) in the *Amazon S3 User Guide*.
HTTP Host header syntax
**Directory buckets ** - The HTTP Host header syntax is `s3express-control.region-code.amazonaws.com`.
The following operations are related to `DeleteBucket`:
+ [CreateBucket](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_CreateBucket.html)
+ [DeleteObject](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_DeleteObject.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`.
## Request Syntax
```
DELETE / HTTP/1.1
Host: Bucket.s3.amazonaws.com
x-amz-expected-bucket-owner: ExpectedBucketOwner
```
## URI Request Parameters
The request uses the following URI parameters.
** [Bucket](#API_DeleteBucket_RequestSyntax) **
Specifies the bucket being deleted.
**Directory buckets ** - When you use this operation with a directory bucket, you must use path-style requests in the format `https://s3express-control.region-code.amazonaws.com/bucket-name `. Virtual-hosted-style requests aren't supported. Directory bucket names must be unique in the chosen Zone (Availability Zone or Local Zone). Bucket names must also follow the format ` bucket-base-name--zone-id--x-s3` (for example, ` DOC-EXAMPLE-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*
Required: Yes
** [x-amz-expected-bucket-owner](#API_DeleteBucket_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).
For directory buckets, this header is not supported in this API operation. If you specify this header, the request fails with the HTTP status code `501 Not Implemented`.
## Request Body
The request does not have a request body.
## Response Syntax
```
HTTP/1.1 204
```
## Response Elements
If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 204 response with an empty HTTP body.
## Examples
### Sample Request for general purpose buckets
This request deletes the bucket named `amzn-s3-demo-bucket`.
```
DELETE / HTTP/1.1
Host: amzn-s3-demo-bucket.s3..amazonaws.com
Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2006 12:00:00 GMT
Authorization: authorization string
```
### Sample Response for general purpose buckets
```
HTTP/1.1 204 No Content
x-amz-id-2: JuKZqmXuiwFeDQxhD7M8KtsKobSzWA1QEjLbTMTagkKdBX2z7Il/jGhDeJ3j6s80
x-amz-request-id: 32FE2CEB32F5EE25
Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2006 12:00:00 GMT
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/DeleteBucket)
+ [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/s3-2006-03-01/DeleteBucket)
+ [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/s3-2006-03-01/DeleteBucket)
+ [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/s3-2006-03-01/DeleteBucket)
+ [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/s3-2006-03-01/DeleteBucket)
+ [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/s3-2006-03-01/DeleteBucket)
+ [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/s3-2006-03-01/DeleteBucket)
+ [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/s3-2006-03-01/DeleteBucket)
+ [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/s3-2006-03-01/DeleteBucket)
+ [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/s3-2006-03-01/DeleteBucket)