How do I delete a versioned bucket in AWS S3 using the CLI?

Question

I have tried both s3cmd:

$ s3cmd -r -f -v del s3://my-versioned-bucket/

And the AWS CLI:

$ aws s3 rm s3://my-v         


        

Answer 1

This works for me. Maybe running later versions of something and above > 1000 items. been running a couple of million files now. However its still not finished after half a day and no means to validate in AWS GUI =/

# Set bucket name to clearout
BUCKET = 'bucket-to-clear'

import boto3
s3 = boto3.resource('s3')
bucket = s3.Bucket(BUCKET)

max_len         = 1000      # max 1000 items at one req
chunk_counter   = 0         # just to keep track
keys            = []        # collect to delete

# clear files
def clearout():
    global bucket
    global chunk_counter
    global keys
    result = bucket.delete_objects(Delete=dict(Objects=keys))

    if result["ResponseMetadata"]["HTTPStatusCode"] != 200:
        print("Issue with response")
        print(result)

    chunk_counter += 1
    keys = []
    print(". {n} chunks so far".format(n=chunk_counter))
    return

# start
for key in bucket.object_versions.all():
    item = {'Key': key.object_key, 'VersionId': key.id}
    keys.append(item)
    if len(keys) >= max_len:
        clearout()

# make sure last files are cleared as well
if len(keys) > 0:
    clearout()

print("")
print("Done, {n} items deleted".format(n=chunk_counter*max_len))
#bucket.delete() #as per usual uncomment if you're sure!