Folder won't delete on Amazon S3

Question

I\'m trying to delete a folder created as a result of a MapReduce job. Other files in the bucket delete just fine, but this folder won\'t delete. When I try to delete it from

Answer 1

I was getting the following error when I tried to delete a bucket which was a directory that held log files from Cloudfront.

An unexpected error has occurred. Please try again later.

After I disabled logging in Cloudfront I was able to delete the folder successfully.

My guess is that it was a system folder used by Cloudfront that did not allow deletion by the owner.

In your case, you may want to check if MapReduce is holding on to the folder in question.