The following rm command deletes a single s3 object:

aws s3 rm s3://mybucket/test2.txt

Output:

delete: s3://mybucket/test2.txt

The following rm command recursively deletes all objects under a specified bucket and prefix when passed with the parameter --recursive. In this example, the bucket mybucket contains the objects test1.txt and test2.txt:

aws s3 rm s3://mybucket --recursive

Output:

delete: s3://mybucket/test1.txt
delete: s3://mybucket/test2.txt

The following rm command recursively deletes all objects under a specified bucket and prefix when passed with the parameter --recursive while excluding some objects by using an --exclude parameter. In this example, the bucket mybucket has the objects test1.txt and test2.jpg:

aws s3 rm s3://mybucket/ --recursive --exclude "*.jpg"

Output:

delete: myDir/test1.txt to s3://mybucket/test1.txt

The following rm command recursively deletes all objects under a specified bucket and prefix when passed with the parameter --recursive while excluding all objects under a particular prefix by using an --exclude parameter. In this example, the bucket mybucket has the objects test1.txt and another/test.txt:

aws s3 rm s3://mybucket/ --recursive --exclude "mybucket/another/*"

Output:

delete: myDir/test1.txt to s3://mybucket/test1.txt