Delete bucket
Updated at:2025-11-03
Overview
If you no longer need the storage space on BOS, delete it to avoid incurring extra charges.
Note
After a Bucket is deleted, it cannot be recovered. Please proceed with caution.
Delete a bucket by the management console
- Sign in to the Baidu AI Cloud Object Storage (BOS) Management Console.
- Select the bucket you wish to manage.
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On the bucket page, click Delete Bucket on the upper right corner to remove the specified bucket.

Description:
- To delete a bucket, ensure all objects within it are removed first. A bucket can only be deleted when it's empty; otherwise, a prompt will notify you.
- To delete a folder within a bucket, first remove all objects inside the folder; otherwise, a prompt will notify you.
Delete a bucket by the API
API: [Delete Bucket](BOS/API Reference/Bucket-Related Interface/Basic Operations/DeleteBucket.md).
Delete a bucket using SDK
- JAVA SDK: [Delete Bucket](BOS/SDK/Java-SDK/Bucket management/Delete bucket.md)
- Python SDK: [Delete Bucket](BOS/SDK/Python-SDK/Bucket management/Delete bucket.md)
- PHP SDK: [Delete Bucket](BOS/SDK/PHP-SDK/Bucket management.md#Delete bucket)
- C# SDK: [Delete Bucket](BOS/SDK/C-Dotnet-SDK/Bucket management.md#Delete bucket)
- JavaScript SDK: [Delete Bucket](BOS/SDK/JavaScript-SDK/Bucket management.md#Delete bucket)
- Android SDK: [Delete Bucket](BOS/SDK/Android-SDK/Bucket management/Delete bucket.md)
- iOS SDK: [Delete Bucket](BOS/SDK/IOS-SDK/Bucket management/Delete bucket.md)
- Ruby SDK: [Delete Bucket](BOS/SDK/Ruby-SDK/Bucket management/Delete bucket.md)
- Go SDK: [Delete Bucket](BOS/SDK/GO-SDK/Bucket management.md#Delete bucket)
- C++ SDK: [Delete Bucket](BOS/SDK/C++-SDK/Bucket management/Delete bucket.md)
