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title: Delete Bucket
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# Delete Bucket
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`
##### P ath ParametersExpand Collapse
account\_id: string
Cloudflare account ID that owns the R2 resource.
maxLength32
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bucket\_name: string
Name of the bucket.
maxLength64
minLength3
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##### H eader ParametersExpand Collapse
"cf-r2-jurisdiction": optional "default"or "eu"or "us"or 2 more
One of the following:
"default"
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"eu"
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"us"
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"fedramp"
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"fedramp-high"
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##### ReturnsExpand Collapse
errors: array of ResponseInfo { code, message, documentation\_url, source }
code: number
minimum1000
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message: string
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documentation\_url: optional string
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source: optional object {pointer }
pointer: optional string
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messages: array of string
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result: unknown
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success: true
Whether the API call was successful.
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### Delete Bucket
HTTP
HTTPTypeScriptPythonGoTerraform
```
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/r2/buckets/$BUCKET_NAME \
-X DELETE \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"
```
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
}
```