Can't Delete Empty S3 Bucket

Solution 1:

I was facing this same problem. I was able to fix the issue by going into the bucket and deleting the "Bucket Policy" for the bucket. After that, deleting the bucket worked correctly.

I did this through the AWS console, for an S3 bucket created by Elastic Beanstalk (ie elasticbeanstalk-us-west-2-861587641234). I imagine the creation script includes a policy to prevent people from accidentally deleting the bucket.

Solution 2:

I had a similar issue and was able to delete the bucket after waiting overnight. It's a pretty weak solution but may save you and other some time from pounding on it.

If it's still not deleting after all the actions in the comments there are some things that only AWS support can fix properly. Again a weak answer but register a ticket with AWS support and then post their response here as an answer for others.

Solution 3:

To delete an Elastic Beanstalk storage bucket (console)

1. Open the Amazon S3 Management Console
2. Select the Elastic Beanstalk storage bucket.
3. Choose Properties.
4. Choose Permissions.
5. Choose Edit Bucket Policy - Allow to delete and make it public.
6. Save.
7. Choose Actions and then choose Delete Bucket.
8, Type the name of the bucket and then choose Delete.

Solution 4:

This is what had worked for me. I didn't have versioning enabled on the bucket. When you delete an object from s3 bucket, it puts a 'delete marker' on that object and hides it from the listing. When you click 'show' version button you will see your deleted objects with the delete marker. Select this object (with delete marker) and delete again. This is a permanent delete. Now your object is really gone and your bucket is really empty. After this I was able to delete my bucket.

I guess, versioning=true only means that s3 will create versions of the object if you upload with the same name.