Deletes an empty bucket. The request fails if there are any live or noncurrent
objects in the bucket, but the request succeeds if the bucket only contains soft-deleted objects or
incomplete uploads, such as ongoing
XML API multipart uploads. Does not
delete soft-deleted objects.
When this API is used to delete a bucket with a soft delete policy, the bucket becomes soft-deleted and the softDeleteTime and hardDeleteTime properties are set on the bucket. Objects and multipart uploads that were in the bucket at the time of deletion are also retained for the specified retention duration. When a soft-deleted bucket reaches the end of its retention duration, it is permanently deleted. The hardDeleteTime of the bucket always equals or exceeds the expiration time of the last soft-deleted object in the bucket.
Required permissions
The authenticated user must have the storage.buckets.delete IAM
permission to use this method.
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