# Deleting Buckets

#### Functions

This operation deletes specified buckets. This operation can be performed only by the bucket owner and users who have been authorized (via a policy) with the permission to delete the bucket. The bucket to be deleted must be an empty bucket. If a bucket has an object or a multipart task, the bucket is not empty. You can list objects and multipart upload tasks in a bucket to check whether the bucket is empty.

Note:

If the server returns a 5XX error or times out when a bucket is being deleted, the system needs to synchronize the bucket information. During this period, the bucket information may be inaccurate. Therefore, wait a while and then check whether the bucket is successfully deleted. If the bucket can still be queried, send the deletion request again.

#### Request Syntax

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    DELETE / HTTP/1.1
    Host: bucketname.obs.region.example.com
    Date: date
    Authorization: authorization

#### Request Parameters

This request contains no parameter.

#### Request Headers

This request uses common request headers. For details, see Table 3.

#### Request Elements

This request involves no elements.

#### Response Syntax

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    HTTP/1.1 status_code
    Date: date

#### Response Headers

The response to the request uses common headers. For details, see Table 1.

#### Response Elements

This response involves no elements.

#### Error Responses

No special error responses are involved. For details about error responses, see Table 2.

#### Sample Request

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    DELETE / HTTP/1.1
    User-Agent: curl/7.29.0
    Host: examplebucket.obs.region.example.com
    Accept: */*
    Date: WED, 01 Jul 2015 02:31:25 GMT
    Authorization: OBS H4IPJX0TQTHTHEBQQCEC:jZiAT8Vx4azWEvPRMWi0X5BpJMA=

#### Sample Response

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    HTTP/1.1 204 No Content
    Server: OBS
    x-obs-request-id: BF260000016435DE6D67C35F9B969C47
    x-obs-id-2: 32AAAQAAEAABKAAQAAEAABAAAQAAEAABCTukraCnXLsb7lEw4ZKjzDWWhzXdgme3
    Date: WED, 01 Jul 2015 02:31:25 GMT

Parent topic: Operations on Buckets