s3:DeleteBucket

Write

s3:DeleteBucket is a Write access-level action in the s3 service. Grants permission to delete the bucket named in the URI

Resource types

ARNs that s3:DeleteBucket can be scoped to in an IAM policy.

arn:${Partition}:s3:::${BucketName}

bucket

Condition keys

Keys you can use in the Condition block of a policy that grants s3:DeleteBucket.

aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey} String

Filters access by the tags associated with the resource

s3:BucketTag/${TagKey} String

Filters access by the tags associated with the bucket

Example IAM policy

A minimal policy that allows s3:DeleteBucket. Replace "Resource": "*" with a specific ARN to follow least privilege.

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "AllowS3DeleteBucket",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "s3:DeleteBucket",
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

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