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This page shows you how to delete objects from Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) air-gapped storage buckets.
Before you begin
A project namespace manages bucket resources in the Management API server. You
must have a project to work with buckets and objects.
You must also have the appropriate bucket permissions to perform the following
operation. See Grant bucket access.
Delete objects in buckets
Console
In the navigation menu, click Object Storage.
Click the name of the bucket containing the objects.
Wait to be redirected to the Bucket details page with objects listed in a table.
Click deleteDelete at the end of the row of the object to be deleted.
Wait a few minutes and refresh the page to check that the object is deleted.
Optional: Toggle the Show deleted data option to see which objects you've deleted.
Note that all objects in dual-zone buckets are versioned, so deleting an object won't remove that object from storage. Instead, the object will be marked for deletion and will no longer be visible in LIST calls. The object can still be retrieved by specifying its version ID. An object is permanently deleted only when specifying the versionID when performing the deletion.
CLI
To delete a file from a bucket, run the following command:
gdcloudstoragerms3://BUCKET/OBJECT
Crypto shred objects in buckets with encryption v2
You can use the following to retrieve all AEADKeys belong to this bucket:
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