AWS SDK Version 2 for .NET
API Reference

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.NET Framework 4.5
 
Deletes the bucket. All objects (including all object versions and Delete Markers) in the bucket must be deleted before the bucket itself can be deleted.

Namespace: Amazon.S3
Assembly: AWSSDK.dll
Version: (assembly version)

Syntax

C#
public virtual DeleteBucketResponse DeleteBucket(
         DeleteBucketRequest request
)

Parameters

request
Type: Amazon.S3.Model.DeleteBucketRequest

Container for the necessary parameters to execute the DeleteBucket service method.

Return Value
Type: Amazon.S3.Model.DeleteBucketResponse
The response from the DeleteBucket service method, as returned by S3.

Examples

This example shows how to delete an bucket.

DeleteBucket sample


// Create a client
AmazonS3Client client = new AmazonS3Client();

// Construct request
DeleteBucketRequest request = new DeleteBucketRequest
{
    BucketName = "SampleBucket"
};

// Issue call
DeleteBucketResponse response = client.DeleteBucket(request);

                

This example shows how to delete all items in a bucket, and then delete the actual bucket.

DeleteBucket sample


// Create a client
AmazonS3Client client = new AmazonS3Client();

// List and delete all objects
ListObjectsRequest listRequest = new ListObjectsRequest
{
    BucketName = "SampleBucket"
};

ListObjectsResponse listResponse;
do
{
    // Get a list of objects
    listResponse = client.ListObjects(listRequest);
    foreach (S3Object obj in listResponse.S3Objects)
    {
        // Delete each object
        client.DeleteObject(new DeleteObjectRequest
        {
            BucketName = "SampleBucket",
            Key = obj.Key
        });
    }

    // Set the marker property
    listRequest.Marker = listResponse.NextMarker;
} while (listResponse.IsTruncated);

// Construct DeleteBucket request
DeleteBucketRequest request = new DeleteBucketRequest
{
    BucketName = "SampleBucket"
};

// Issue call
DeleteBucketResponse response = client.DeleteBucket(request);

                

Version Information

.NET Framework:
Supported in: 4.5, 4.0, 3.5