Delete an Archive from a Vault in S3 Glacier by Using the AWS SDK for Java - Amazon S3 Glacier

If you're new to archival storage in Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), we recommend that you start by learning more about the S3 Glacier storage classes in Amazon S3, S3 Glacier Instant Retrieval, S3 Glacier Flexible Retrieval, and S3 Glacier Deep Archive. For more information, see S3 Glacier storage classes and Storage classes for archiving objects in the Amazon S3 User Guide.

Delete an Archive from a Vault in S3 Glacier by Using the AWS SDK for Java

The following code example uses the AWS SDK for Java to delete the archive. In the code, note the following:

  • The DeleteArchiveRequest object describes the delete request, including the vault name where the archive is located and the archive ID.

  • The deleteArchive API operation sends the request to Amazon S3 Glacier to delete the archive.

  • The example uses the US West (Oregon) Region (us-west-2).

For step-by-step instructions on how to run this example, see Running Java Examples for Amazon S3 Glacier Using Eclipse. You must update the code as shown with the archive ID of the file that you uploaded in Step 3: Upload an Archive to a Vault in S3 Glacier.

Example — Deleting an Archive by Using the AWS SDK for Java
import java.io.IOException;

import com.amazonaws.auth.profile.ProfileCredentialsProvider;
import com.amazonaws.services.glacier.AmazonGlacierClient;
import com.amazonaws.services.glacier.model.DeleteArchiveRequest;

public class AmazonGlacierDeleteArchive_GettingStarted {

    public static String vaultName = "examplevault";
    public static String archiveId = "*** provide archive ID***";
    public static AmazonGlacierClient client;
    
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
        
    	
    	ProfileCredentialsProvider credentials = new ProfileCredentialsProvider();

        client = new AmazonGlacierClient(credentials);
        client.setEndpoint("https://glacier.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/");        

        try {

            // Delete the archive.
            client.deleteArchive(new DeleteArchiveRequest()
                .withVaultName(vaultName)
                .withArchiveId(archiveId));
            
            System.out.println("Deleted archive successfully.");
            
        } catch (Exception e) {
            System.err.println("Archive not deleted.");
            System.err.println(e);
        }
    }
}