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DeleteBucket
The DeleteBucket operation deletes a bucket. All objects in the bucket must be deleted before the bucket itself can be deleted.
Example
This example deletes the "quotes" bucket.
Sample Request
<DeleteBucket xmlns="http://doc.s3.amazonaws.com/2006-03-01"> <Bucket>quotes</Bucket> <AWSAccessKeyId> AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE</AWSAccessKeyId> <Timestamp>2006-03-01T12:00:00.183Z</Timestamp> <Signature>Iuyz3d3P0aTou39dzbqaEXAMPLE=</Signature> </DeleteBucket>
Sample Response
<DeleteBucketResponse xmlns="http://s3.amazonaws.com/doc/2006-03-01">
<DeleteBucketResponse>
<Code>204</Code>
<Description>No Content</Description>
</DeleteBucketResponse>
</DeleteBucketResponse>Elements
Bucket:The name of the bucket you want to delete.
Access Control
Only the owner of a bucket is allowed to delete it, regardless the access control policy on the bucket.
