Delete a bucket

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The Remove Bucket (rb) operation deletes a bucket.

Note: The example assumes a bucket that is named sample exists.

Example: Delete a bucket

aws --endpoint-url=https://somename.example.com/ s3 rb s3://sample


Example: Delete a bucket and all objects

aws --endpoint-url=https://somename.example.com/ s3 rb s3://sample --force 1

1 The Remove Bucket (rb) operation with the --force parameter removes a bucket and all of its objects.