How to delete a bucket-Object Storage Service(OSS)-阿里云帮助中心

If you no longer need a bucket, you can delete it to stop all billing. Because Object Storage Service (OSS) fees are charged for the resources inside a bucket, you must clear all resources before deleting it. Deleting a bucket is the most reliable way to prevent unexpected fees from overlooked billable resources. Note that data cannot be recovered after a bucket is deleted, and another user can claim its name after it is released. To completely stop using OSS, you must delete all buckets in your account.

Warning

After a bucket is deleted, its name is released and can be claimed by another user. If you want to keep the bucket name, empty the bucket instead of deleting it.
Data in a bucket cannot be recovered after the bucket is deleted. Before you delete a bucket, confirm that the data is no longer needed. If you want to continue using the data in the bucket, back it up in advance. For more information, see Back up a bucket.

Precautions

Before you delete a bucket, make sure that you have deleted the required resources.

Permissions

By default, an Alibaba Cloud account has full permissions. RAM users or RAM roles under an Alibaba Cloud account do not have any permissions by default. The Alibaba Cloud account or account administrator must grant operation permissions through RAM policies or Bucket Policy.

API	Action	Description
DeleteBucket	`oss:DeleteBucket`	Deletes a bucket.

Sample code

The following code shows how to delete a bucket named examplebucket:

require 'aliyun/oss'

client = Aliyun::OSS::Client.new(
  # The China (Hangzhou) region is used as an example. Specify the actual Endpoint for your region.
  endpoint: 'https://oss-cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com',
  # Obtain access credentials from environment variables. Before you run this sample code, make sure that the OSS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and OSS_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET environment variables are set.
  access_key_id: ENV['OSS_ACCESS_KEY_ID'],
  access_key_secret: ENV['OSS_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET']
)
# Specify the bucket name. For example, examplebucket.
client.delete_bucket('examplebucket')

References

For more information about the API operation to delete a bucket, see DeleteBucket.