AWS CLI S3 Cheat Sheet/Delete a specific object version

Remove one version from a versioned bucket.

Section: S3API Object Commands

Delete a specific object version

bash
bash
aws s3api delete-object --bucket my-bucket --key app/config.json --version-id 3Lg..example
Explanation

Targets one specific version instead of the current latest version only.

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