Delete objects - Object Storage Service - Alibaba Cloud Documentation Center

This topic describes how to delete a single object, multiple objects, or objects whose names contain a specified prefix from a versioning-enabled Object Storage Service (OSS) bucket.

Usage notes

In this topic, the public endpoint of the China (Hangzhou) region is used. If you want to access OSS from other Alibaba Cloud services in the same region as OSS, use an internal endpoint. For more information about OSS regions and endpoints, see Regions, endpoints and open ports.
In this topic, access credentials are obtained from environment variables. For more information about how to configure access credentials, see Configure access credentials.
In this topic, an OSSClient instance is created by using an OSS endpoint. If you want to create an OSSClient instance by using custom domain names or Security Token Service (STS), see Create an OSSClient instance.
To delete an object, you must have the oss:DeleteObject permission. For more information, see Attach a custom policy to a RAM user.

Delete operations on a versioning-enabled bucket

When you delete an object from a versioning-enabled bucket, you must determine whether to specify a version ID in the request.

Delete an object without specifying a version ID (temporary deletion)
By default, if you do not specify the version ID of the object that you want to delete in the request, OSS does not delete the current version of the object but adds a delete marker to the object as the latest version. If you perform the GetObject operation on the object, OSS identifies the current version of the object as a delete marker and returns 404 Not Found. In addition, header:x-oss-delete-marker = true and x-oss-version-id that indicates the version ID of the delete marker are included in the response.
If the value of x-oss-delete-marker is true, the value of x-oss-version-id is the version ID of a delete marker.
Delete an object by specifying a version ID (permanent deletion)
If you specify the version ID of the object that you want to delete in the request, OSS permanently deletes the specified version of the object based on the versionId parameter specified in params. To delete the version whose ID is null, add params['versionId'] = "null" to params. OSS identifies the string "null" as the ID of the version to delete and deletes the version whose ID is null.

Delete an object

The following examples show how to permanently or temporarily delete an object from a versioning-enabled bucket.

Permanently delete an object from a versioning-enabled bucket

The following sample code provides an example on how to permanently delete an object from a versioning-enabled bucket by specifying the version ID of the object in the request:

import com.aliyun.oss.ClientException;
import com.aliyun.oss.OSS;
import com.aliyun.oss.common.auth.*;
import com.aliyun.oss.OSSClientBuilder;
import com.aliyun.oss.OSSException;

public class Demo {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        // In this example, the endpoint of the China (Hangzhou) region is used. Specify your actual endpoint. 
        String endpoint = "https://oss-cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com";
        // Obtain access credentials from environment variables. Before you run the sample code, make sure that the OSS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and OSS_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET environment variables are configured. 
        EnvironmentVariableCredentialsProvider credentialsProvider = CredentialsProviderFactory.newEnvironmentVariableCredentialsProvider();
        // Specify the name of the bucket. Example: examplebucket. 
        String bucketName = "examplebucket";
        // Specify the full path of the object. Do not include the bucket name in the full path. 
        String objectName = "exampledir/object";
        String versionId  = "CAEQMxiBgICAof2D0BYiIDJhMGE3N2M1YTI1NDQzOGY5NTkyNTI3MGYyMzJm****";
        // Specify the region in which the bucket is located. For example, if the bucket is located in the China (Hangzhou) region, set the region to cn-hangzhou.
        String region = "cn-hangzhou";

        // Create an OSSClient instance. 
        ClientBuilderConfiguration clientBuilderConfiguration = new ClientBuilderConfiguration();
        clientBuilderConfiguration.setSignatureVersion(SignVersion.V4);        
        OSS ossClient = OSSClientBuilder.create()
        .endpoint(endpoint)
        .credentialsProvider(credentialsProvider)
        .clientConfiguration(clientBuilderConfiguration)
        .region(region)               
        .build();

        try {
            // Delete the specified version of the object. 
            ossClient.deleteVersion(bucketName, objectName , versionId);
        } catch (OSSException oe) {
            System.out.println("Caught an OSSException, which means your request made it to OSS, "
                    + "but was rejected with an error response for some reason.");
            System.out.println("Error Message:" + oe.getErrorMessage());
            System.out.println("Error Code:" + oe.getErrorCode());
            System.out.println("Request ID:" + oe.getRequestId());
            System.out.println("Host ID:" + oe.getHostId());
        } catch (ClientException ce) {
            System.out.println("Caught an ClientException, which means the client encountered "
                    + "a serious internal problem while trying to communicate with OSS, "
                    + "such as not being able to access the network.");
            System.out.println("Error Message:" + ce.getMessage());
        } finally {
            if (ossClient != null) {
                ossClient.shutdown();
            }
        }
    }
}

Temporarily delete an object from a versioning-enabled bucket

The following sample code provides an example on how to temporarily delete an object from a versioning-enabled bucket by sending a request in which no version ID is specified:

import com.aliyun.oss.ClientException;
import com.aliyun.oss.OSS;
import com.aliyun.oss.common.auth.*;
import com.aliyun.oss.OSSClientBuilder;
import com.aliyun.oss.OSSException;

public class Demo {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        // In this example, the endpoint of the China (Hangzhou) region is used. Specify your actual endpoint. 
        String endpoint = "https://oss-cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com";
        // Obtain access credentials from environment variables. Before you run the sample code, make sure that the OSS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and OSS_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET environment variables are configured. 
        EnvironmentVariableCredentialsProvider credentialsProvider = CredentialsProviderFactory.newEnvironmentVariableCredentialsProvider();
        // Specify the name of the bucket. Example: examplebucket. 
        String bucketName = "examplebucket";
        // Specify the full path of the object. Do not include the bucket name in the full path. 
        String objectName = "exampledir/object";

        // Create an OSSClient instance. 
        OSS ossClient = new OSSClientBuilder().build(endpoint, credentialsProvider);

        try {
            // Temporarily delete the object. A delete marker is added to the object. 
            ossClient.deleteObject(bucketName, objectName);
        } catch (OSSException oe) {
            System.out.println("Caught an OSSException, which means your request made it to OSS, "
                    + "but was rejected with an error response for some reason.");
            System.out.println("Error Message:" + oe.getErrorMessage());
            System.out.println("Error Code:" + oe.getErrorCode());
            System.out.println("Request ID:" + oe.getRequestId());
            System.out.println("Host ID:" + oe.getHostId());
        } catch (ClientException ce) {
            System.out.println("Caught an ClientException, which means the client encountered "
                    + "a serious internal problem while trying to communicate with OSS, "
                    + "such as not being able to access the network.");
            System.out.println("Error Message:" + ce.getMessage());
        } finally {
            if (ossClient != null) {
                ossClient.shutdown();
            }
        }
    }
}

Delete multiple objects

The following examples describe how to permanently or temporarily delete multiple objects from a versioning-enabled bucket.

Permanently delete multiple objects from a versioning-enabled bucket

The following sample code provides an example on how to permanently delete multiple objects or delete markers with specified version IDs from a versioning-enabled bucket:

import com.aliyun.oss.ClientException;
import com.aliyun.oss.OSS;
import com.aliyun.oss.common.auth.*;
import com.aliyun.oss.OSSClientBuilder;
import com.aliyun.oss.OSSException;
import com.aliyun.oss.model.DeleteVersionsRequest;
import com.aliyun.oss.model.DeleteVersionsResult;
import java.net.URLDecoder;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

public class Demo {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        // In this example, the endpoint of the China (Hangzhou) region is used. Specify your actual endpoint. 
        String endpoint = "https://oss-cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com";
        // Obtain access credentials from environment variables. Before you run the sample code, make sure that the OSS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and OSS_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET environment variables are configured. 
        EnvironmentVariableCredentialsProvider credentialsProvider = CredentialsProviderFactory.newEnvironmentVariableCredentialsProvider();
        // Specify the name of the bucket. Example: examplebucket. 
        String bucketName = "examplebucket";
        // Specify the full paths of the objects. Do not include the bucket name in the full paths. 
        String objectName = "exampledir/object";
        String object2Name = "exampledir/object2";
        String yourObjectNameVersionId  = "CAEQMxiBgICAof2D0BYiIDJhMGE3N2M1YTI1NDQzOGY5NTkyNTI3MGYyMzJm****";
        String yourObject2DelMarkerNameVersionId  = "MGE3N2M1YgICAof2D0BYiID3N2M1YTITI1NDQzOGY5NTN2M1YTI1NDQz****";

        // Create an OSSClient instance. 
        OSS ossClient = new OSSClientBuilder().build(endpoint, credentialsProvider);

        try {
            // Delete the objects or delete markers that have specified version IDs. 
            List<DeleteVersionsRequest.KeyVersion> keyVersionsList = new ArrayList<DeleteVersionsRequest.KeyVersion>();
            keyVersionsList.add(new DeleteVersionsRequest.KeyVersion(objectName,yourObjectNameVersionId));
            keyVersionsList.add(new DeleteVersionsRequest.KeyVersion(object2Name,yourObject2DelMarkerNameVersionId));
            DeleteVersionsRequest delVersionsRequest = new DeleteVersionsRequest(bucketName);
            delVersionsRequest.setKeys(keyVersionsList);
            // Initiate a deleteVersions request. 
            DeleteVersionsResult delVersionsResult = ossClient.deleteVersions(delVersionsRequest);

            // View the deletion result. 
            for (DeleteVersionsResult.DeletedVersion delVer : delVersionsResult.getDeletedVersions()) {
                String keyName = URLDecoder.decode(delVer.getKey(), "UTF-8");
                String keyVersionId = delVer.getVersionId();
                String keyDelMarkerId = delVer.getDeleteMarkerVersionId();
                System.out.println("delete key: " + keyName);
                System.out.println("delete key versionId: " + keyVersionId);
                if(keyDelMarkerId != null && keyDelMarkerId.length() != 0){
                    System.out.println("delete key del_marker versionId: " + keyDelMarkerId);
                }
            }
        } catch (OSSException oe) {
            System.out.println("Caught an OSSException, which means your request made it to OSS, "
                    + "but was rejected with an error response for some reason.");
            System.out.println("Error Message:" + oe.getErrorMessage());
            System.out.println("Error Code:" + oe.getErrorCode());
            System.out.println("Request ID:" + oe.getRequestId());
            System.out.println("Host ID:" + oe.getHostId());
        } catch (ClientException ce) {
            System.out.println("Caught an ClientException, which means the client encountered "
                    + "a serious internal problem while trying to communicate with OSS, "
                    + "such as not being able to access the network.");
            System.out.println("Error Message:" + ce.getMessage());
        } finally {
            if (ossClient != null) {
                ossClient.shutdown();
            }
        }
    }
}

Temporarily delete multiple objects from a versioning-enabled bucket

The following sample code provides an example on how to temporarily delete multiple objects from a versioning-enabled bucket by sending a request in which no version IDs are specified:

import com.aliyun.oss.ClientException;
import com.aliyun.oss.OSS;
import com.aliyun.oss.common.auth.*;
import com.aliyun.oss.OSSClientBuilder;
import com.aliyun.oss.OSSException;
import com.aliyun.oss.model.DeleteObjectsRequest;
import com.aliyun.oss.model.DeleteObjectsResult;
import java.net.URLDecoder;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

public class Demo {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        // In this example, the endpoint of the China (Hangzhou) region is used. Specify your actual endpoint. 
        String endpoint = "https://oss-cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com";
        // Obtain access credentials from environment variables. Before you run the sample code, make sure that the OSS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and OSS_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET environment variables are configured. 
        EnvironmentVariableCredentialsProvider credentialsProvider = CredentialsProviderFactory.newEnvironmentVariableCredentialsProvider();
        // Specify the name of the bucket. Example: examplebucket. 
        String bucketName = "examplebucket";
        // Specify the full paths of the objects. Do not include the bucket name in the full paths. 
        String objectName = "exampledir/object";
        String object2Name = "exampledir/object2";

        // Create an OSSClient instance. 
        OSS ossClient = new OSSClientBuilder().build(endpoint, credentialsProvider);

        try {
            // Delete multiple objects at a time. 
            List<String> KeysList = new ArrayList<String>();
            KeysList.add(objectName);
            KeysList.add(object2Name);
            DeleteObjectsRequest request = new DeleteObjectsRequest(bucketName);
            request.setKeys(KeysList);
            // Initiate a deleteObjects request. 
            DeleteObjectsResult delObjResult = ossClient.deleteObjects(request);

            // View the deletion result. 
            for (String o : delObjResult.getDeletedObjects()) {
                String keyName = URLDecoder.decode(o, "UTF-8");
                System.out.println("delete key name: " + keyName);
            }
        } catch (OSSException oe) {
            System.out.println("Caught an OSSException, which means your request made it to OSS, "
                    + "but was rejected with an error response for some reason.");
            System.out.println("Error Message:" + oe.getErrorMessage());
            System.out.println("Error Code:" + oe.getErrorCode());
            System.out.println("Request ID:" + oe.getRequestId());
            System.out.println("Host ID:" + oe.getHostId());
        } catch (ClientException ce) {
            System.out.println("Caught an ClientException, which means the client encountered "
                    + "a serious internal problem while trying to communicate with OSS, "
                    + "such as not being able to access the network.");
            System.out.println("Error Message:" + ce.getMessage());
        } finally {
            if (ossClient != null) {
                ossClient.shutdown();
            }
        }
    }
}

Delete objects whose names contain a specific prefix

The following sample code provides an example on how to delete objects whose names contain a specified prefix:

import com.aliyun.oss.ClientException;
import com.aliyun.oss.OSS;
import com.aliyun.oss.common.auth.*;
import com.aliyun.oss.OSSClientBuilder;
import com.aliyun.oss.OSSException;
import com.aliyun.oss.model.*;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

public class Demo {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        // In this example, the endpoint of the China (Hangzhou) region is used. Specify your actual endpoint. 
        String endpoint = "https://oss-cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com";
        // Obtain access credentials from environment variables. Before you run the sample code, make sure that the OSS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and OSS_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET environment variables are configured. 
        EnvironmentVariableCredentialsProvider credentialsProvider = CredentialsProviderFactory.newEnvironmentVariableCredentialsProvider();
        // Specify the name of the bucket. Example: examplebucket. 
        String bucketName = "examplebucket";
        // Specify the prefix. 
        String prefix = "yourkeyPrefix";

        // Create an OSSClient instance. 
        OSS ossClient = new OSSClientBuilder().build(endpoint, credentialsProvider);

        try {
            // List the versions of all objects whose names contain the specified prefix and delete the versions. 
            String nextKeyMarker = null;
            String nextVersionMarker = null;
            VersionListing versionListing = null;
            do {
                ListVersionsRequest listVersionsRequest = new ListVersionsRequest()
                        .withBucketName(bucketName)
                        .withKeyMarker(nextKeyMarker)
                        .withVersionIdMarker(nextVersionMarker)
                        .withPrefix(prefix);

                versionListing = ossClient.listVersions(listVersionsRequest);
                if (versionListing.getVersionSummaries().size() > 0) {
                    List<DeleteVersionsRequest.KeyVersion> keyVersionsList = new ArrayList<DeleteVersionsRequest.KeyVersion>();
                    for (OSSVersionSummary ossVersion : versionListing.getVersionSummaries()) {
                        System.out.println("key name: " + ossVersion.getKey());
                        System.out.println("versionid: " + ossVersion.getVersionId());
                        System.out.println("Is delete marker: " + ossVersion.isDeleteMarker());
                        keyVersionsList.add(new DeleteVersionsRequest.KeyVersion(ossVersion.getKey(), ossVersion.getVersionId()));
                    }
                    DeleteVersionsRequest delVersionsRequest = new DeleteVersionsRequest(bucketName).withKeys(keyVersionsList);
                    ossClient.deleteVersions(delVersionsRequest);
                }

                nextKeyMarker = versionListing.getNextKeyMarker();
                nextVersionMarker = versionListing.getNextVersionIdMarker();
            } while (versionListing.isTruncated());
        } catch (OSSException oe) {
            System.out.println("Caught an OSSException, which means your request made it to OSS, "
                    + "but was rejected with an error response for some reason.");
            System.out.println("Error Message:" + oe.getErrorMessage());
            System.out.println("Error Code:" + oe.getErrorCode());
            System.out.println("Request ID:" + oe.getRequestId());
            System.out.println("Host ID:" + oe.getHostId());
        } catch (ClientException ce) {
            System.out.println("Caught an ClientException, which means the client encountered "
                    + "a serious internal problem while trying to communicate with OSS, "
                    + "such as not being able to access the network.");
            System.out.println("Error Message:" + ce.getMessage());
        } finally {
            if (ossClient != null) {
                ossClient.shutdown();
            }
        }
    }
}

References

For more information about the API operation that you can call to delete an object, see DeleteObject.
For more information about the API operation that you can call to delete multiple objects, see DeleteMultipleObjects.