Creating and deleting buckets

It is recommended to use bucket names that comply with DNS naming conventions:

  • Must be from 3 to 63 characters long
  • Can contain only lowercase letters, numbers, hyphens (-), and periods (.)
  • Must start and end with a letter or number
  • Can be a series of valid name parts separated by periods

Limitations

  • You can only delete an empty bucket.

To create a bucket

  1. Go to the S3 > Buckets screen, and click Create bucket.
  2. In the Create bucket window, specify a name for the bucket, and then click Create.

To list the bucket contents

Go to the S3 > Buckets screen, and click the bucket name to open the list of its contents.

To delete a bucket

  1. Go to the S3 > Buckets screen, and click the required bucket.
  2. On the bucket right pane, click Delete.
  3. In the conformation window, click Delete.