name : delete-objects.rst The following command deletes an object from a bucket named ``amzn-s3-demo-bucket``:: aws s3api delete-objects --bucket amzn-s3-demo-bucket --delete file://delete.json ``delete.json`` is a JSON document in the current directory that specifies the object to delete:: { "Objects": [ { "Key": "test1.txt" } ], "Quiet": false } Output:: { "Deleted": [ { "DeleteMarkerVersionId": "mYAT5Mc6F7aeUL8SS7FAAqUPO1koHwzU", "Key": "test1.txt", "DeleteMarker": true } ] }