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Buckets and files

Delete and restore files

Delete a file, and get it back when versioning is on.

What happens when you delete a file depends on the bucket’s versioning:

VersioningWhat Delete doesCan you get the file back?
Never turned onRemoves the file for goodNo
On, or turned off after being onHides the file behind a delete marker. Its versions are kept.Yes, by removing the delete marker

Delete a file

1

Open the file's menu

In the bucket, open the ⋮ menu in the file’s row and select Delete.

2

Confirm

In Delete File, select Delete.

The Delete File window asking to confirm removal of a file

To delete a folder and everything in it, select Delete in the folder’s ⋮ menu, then Delete Folder.

If Show Versions is on when you delete a folder, the console deletes every version of every file in it, permanently. With Show Versions off, the files can still be restored.

Restore a deleted file

This works when versioning is or was on.

1

Show versions

In the bucket, turn on Show Versions. The deleted file appears with a row of type Delete Marker above its older versions.

Show Versions turned on, listing a Delete Marker above the file's previous version
2

Remove the delete marker

Open the ⋮ menu of the Delete Marker row and select Remove Marker. Confirm with Remove Marker.

The Delete Marker row with its menu open showing Remove Marker

The file is back in the file list as its newest version.

Go back to an older version

With Show Versions on, every version has its own ⋮ menu with Share, Download and Delete. To use an older version again, either:

  • Download it and upload it again, so it becomes the newest version, or
  • Delete the newer versions. The newest remaining version becomes the current file.

Delete a version for good

With Show Versions on, open the ⋮ menu of a version, select Delete and confirm. This removes that one version permanently.

Old versions and delete markers use storage until you delete them. To clean them up automatically, add a lifecycle rule with Clear old versions and Tidy delete markers.

In a bucket with Object Lock, a locked version cannot be deleted until its lock ends.