Object Deletion

This guide covers object deletion.

For concepts related to objects, see Core Concepts.

Using the RustFS UI

1. Log in to the RustFS Console.
2. Select the bucket containing the file to be deleted.
3. On the bucket page, select the file to be deleted.
4. Click Delete Selected Items in the upper right corner, then click Confirm in the popup dialog.

Using mc

Delete a file:

# delete file
mc rm rustfs/bucket-creation-by-mc/1.txt
Removed `rustfs/bucket-creation-by-mc/1.txt`.

# confirm deletion
mc ls  rustfs/bucket-creation-by-mc/1.txt

Verify the deletion in the RustFS Console.

Using the API

Delete a file via API:

DELETE /{bucketName}/{objectName} HTTP/1.1

Request example:

curl --location --request DELETE 'http://12.34.56.78:9000/bucket-creation-by-api/password.txt' \
--header 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
--header 'X-Amz-Content-Sha256: e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855' \
--header 'X-Amz-Date: 20250801T030822Z' \
--header 'Authorization: AWS4-HMAC-SHA256 Credential=H4xcBZKQfvJjEnk3zp1N/20250801/cn-east-1/s3/aws4_request, SignedHeaders=content-length;content-type;host;x-amz-content-sha256;x-amz-date, Signature=1ee63bb0b699598602b2fdbd013e355a57bcb9991307a8ad41f6512e8afebf3a' \
--data-binary '@/Users/jhma/Desktop/password.txt'

Verify the deletion in the RustFS Console.