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title: Delete Bucket
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# Delete Bucket

client.R2.Buckets.Delete(ctx, bucketName, params) (\*[BucketDeleteResponse](<https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/go/resources/r2#(resource)%20r2.buckets%20%3E%20(model)%20BucketDeleteResponse%20%3E%20(schema)>), error)

DELETE/accounts/{account\_id}/r2/buckets/{bucket\_name}

Deletes an empty R2 bucket and its configuration. The bucket must have no objects, no in-progress multipart uploads, and no event notification rules; otherwise the request fails.

##### Security

API Token

The preferred authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. [Create a token](https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/).

**Example:**`Authorization: Bearer Sn3lZJTBX6kkg7OdcBUAxOO963GEIyGQqnFTOFYY`

##### Accepted Permissions (at least one required)

`Workers R2 Storage Write`

##### ParametersExpand Collapse

bucketName string

Name of the bucket.

maxLength64

minLength3

[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20r2.buckets%20%3E%20(method)%20delete%20%3E%20(params)%20default%20%3E%20(param)%20bucket_name%20%3E%20(schema)>)

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<summary>

params BucketDeleteParams

</summary>

AccountID param.Field\[string]

Path param: Cloudflare account ID that owns the R2 resource.

maxLength32

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<summary>

CfR2Jurisdiction param.Field\[<a href="https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/go/resources/r2/subresources/buckets/methods/delete#(resource)%20r2.buckets%20%3E%20(method)%20delete%20%3E%20(params)%20default%20%3E%20(param)%20cf-r2-jurisdiction%20%3E%20(schema)">BucketDeleteParamsCfR2Jurisdiction</a>]Optional

Header param: Jurisdiction where objects in this bucket are guaranteed to be stored.

</summary>

const BucketDeleteParamsCfR2JurisdictionDefault <a href="https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/go/resources/r2/subresources/buckets/methods/delete#(resource)%20r2.buckets%20%3E%20(method)%20delete%20%3E%20(params)%20default%20%3E%20(param)%20cf-r2-jurisdiction%20%3E%20(schema)">BucketDeleteParamsCfR2Jurisdiction</a> = "default"

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const BucketDeleteParamsCfR2JurisdictionEu <a href="https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/go/resources/r2/subresources/buckets/methods/delete#(resource)%20r2.buckets%20%3E%20(method)%20delete%20%3E%20(params)%20default%20%3E%20(param)%20cf-r2-jurisdiction%20%3E%20(schema)">BucketDeleteParamsCfR2Jurisdiction</a> = "eu"

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const BucketDeleteParamsCfR2JurisdictionUs <a href="https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/go/resources/r2/subresources/buckets/methods/delete#(resource)%20r2.buckets%20%3E%20(method)%20delete%20%3E%20(params)%20default%20%3E%20(param)%20cf-r2-jurisdiction%20%3E%20(schema)">BucketDeleteParamsCfR2Jurisdiction</a> = "us"

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const BucketDeleteParamsCfR2JurisdictionFedramp <a href="https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/go/resources/r2/subresources/buckets/methods/delete#(resource)%20r2.buckets%20%3E%20(method)%20delete%20%3E%20(params)%20default%20%3E%20(param)%20cf-r2-jurisdiction%20%3E%20(schema)">BucketDeleteParamsCfR2Jurisdiction</a> = "fedramp"

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const BucketDeleteParamsCfR2JurisdictionFedrampHigh <a href="https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/go/resources/r2/subresources/buckets/methods/delete#(resource)%20r2.buckets%20%3E%20(method)%20delete%20%3E%20(params)%20default%20%3E%20(param)%20cf-r2-jurisdiction%20%3E%20(schema)">BucketDeleteParamsCfR2Jurisdiction</a> = "fedramp-high"

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[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20r2.buckets%20%3E%20(method)%20delete%20%3E%20(params)%20default>)

##### ReturnsExpand Collapse

type BucketDeleteResponse interface{…}

[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20r2.buckets%20%3E%20(model)%20BucketDeleteResponse%20%3E%20(schema)>)

### Delete Bucket

Go

HTTPTypeScriptPythonGoTerraform

```
package main

import (
  "context"
  "fmt"

  "github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-go"
  "github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-go/option"
  "github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-go/r2"
)

func main() {
  client := cloudflare.NewClient(
    option.WithAPIToken("Sn3lZJTBX6kkg7OdcBUAxOO963GEIyGQqnFTOFYY"),
  )
  bucket, err := client.R2.Buckets.Delete(
    context.TODO(),
    "example-bucket",
    r2.BucketDeleteParams{
      AccountID: cloudflare.F("023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353"),
    },
  )
  if err != nil {
    panic(err.Error())
  }
  fmt.Printf("%+v\n", bucket)
}
```

200 example

```
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    "string"
  ],
  "result": {},
  "success": true
}
```

##### Returns Examples

200 example

```
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    "string"
  ],
  "result": {},
  "success": true
}
```