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Delete your access point

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This section explains how to delete your access point using the AWS Management Console, AWS Command Line Interface, or REST API.

To delete for your access points in your AWS account
  1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the Amazon S3 console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/s3/.

  2. In the navigation bar on the top of the page, choose the name of the currently displayed AWS Region. Next, choose the Region that you want to list access points for.

  3. In the navigation pane on the left side of the console, choose Access Points.

  4. (Optional) Search for access points by name. Only access points in your selected AWS Region will appear here.

  5. Choose the name of the access point you want to manage or use.

  6. From the Access Point page, select Delete to delete the access point you've selected.

  7. To confirm deletion, type the name of the access point and choose Delete.

To delete for your access points in your AWS account
  1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the Amazon S3 console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/s3/.

  2. In the navigation bar on the top of the page, choose the name of the currently displayed AWS Region. Next, choose the Region that you want to list access points for.

  3. In the navigation pane on the left side of the console, choose Access Points.

  4. (Optional) Search for access points by name. Only access points in your selected AWS Region will appear here.

  5. Choose the name of the access point you want to manage or use.

  6. From the Access Point page, select Delete to delete the access point you've selected.

  7. To confirm deletion, type the name of the access point and choose Delete.

The following delete-access-point example command shows how you can use the AWS CLI to delete your access point.

The following command deletes the access point my-access-point for AWS account 111122223333.

aws s3control delete-access-point --name my-access-point --account-id 111122223333

For more information and examples, see delete-access-point in the AWS CLI Command Reference.

The following delete-access-point example command shows how you can use the AWS CLI to delete your access point.

The following command deletes the access point my-access-point for AWS account 111122223333.

aws s3control delete-access-point --name my-access-point --account-id 111122223333

For more information and examples, see delete-access-point in the AWS CLI Command Reference.

You can use the REST API to view details for your access point. For more information, see DeleteAccessPoint in the Amazon Simple Storage Service API Reference.

You can use the REST API to view details for your access point. For more information, see DeleteAccessPoint in the Amazon Simple Storage Service API Reference.

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