Deleting a Bucket
Function
You can use this command to delete a bucket. The bucket to be deleted must be empty (containing no objects, historical versions, or fragments).

To delete a non-empty bucket, run the commands in Deleting a Multipart Upload Task and Deleting an Object to clear the bucket, and then run the following command to delete the bucket.
Command Line Structure
- In Windows
obsutil rm obs://bucket [-f] [-config=xxx] [-e=xxx] [-i=xxx] [-k=xxx] [-t=xxx]
- In Linux or macOS
./obsutil rm obs://bucket [-f] [-config=xxx] [-e=xxx] [-i=xxx] [-k=xxx] [-t=xxx]
Examples
- Take the Windows OS as an example. Run the obsutil rm obs://bucket-test command to delete bucket bucket-test.
obsutil rm obs://bucket-test Start at 2024-09-30 07:58:33.736622 +0000 UTC Do you want to delete bucket [bucket-test] ? Please input (y/n) to confirm: y Delete bucket [bucket-test] successfully!
Parameter Description
Parameter | Optional or Mandatory | Description |
|---|---|---|
bucket | Mandatory | The bucket name |
f | Optional (additional parameter) | Runs in force mode. |
config | Optional (additional parameter) | The user-defined configuration file for executing the current command. For details about parameters that can be configured, see Configuration Parameters. |
e | Optional (additional parameter) | The endpoint |
i | Optional (additional parameter) | The user's AK |
k | Optional (additional parameter) | The user's SK |
t | Optional (additional parameter) | The user's security token |
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