Delete objects  |  Cloud Storage  |  Google Cloud (2024)

To get the permissions that you need to delete objects, ask your administratorto grant you the Storage Object User (roles/storage.objectUser)IAM role for the bucket that contains the objects you want todelete.

If you plan on using the Google Cloud console to complete the tasks on thispage, ask your administrator to grant you the Storage Admin(roles/storage.admin) role instead of the Storage Object User(roles/storage.objectUser) role, or the Viewer (roles/viewer) basic rolein addition to the Storage Object User (roles/storage.objectUser) role.

These roles contain the permissions required to delete objects. To see theexact permissions that are required, expand the Required permissionssection:

Complete the following steps to delete objects from one of yourCloud Storage buckets:

Console

  1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Cloud Storage Buckets page.

    Go to Buckets

  2. In the list of buckets, click the name of the bucket that containsthe objects you want to delete.

    The Bucket details page opens, with the Objects tab selected.

  3. Navigate to the objects, which may be located in a folder.

  4. Click the checkbox for each object you want to delete.

    You can also click the checkbox for folders, which will delete allobjects contained in that folder.

  5. Click the Delete button.

  6. Click Delete in the dialog that appears.

If you delete many objects at once, you can track deletion progress byclicking the Notifications icon in the Google Cloud console. TheGoogle Cloud console can bulk delete up to several million objectsand does so in the background.

To learn how to get detailed error information about failed Cloud Storage operations in the Google Cloud console, see Troubleshooting.

Command line

Use the Google Cloud CLI command gcloud storage rm:

gcloud storage rm gs://BUCKET_NAME/OBJECT_NAME

Where:

  • BUCKET_NAME is the name of the bucket containingthe object you want to delete. For example, my-bucket.
  • OBJECT_NAME is the name of the object you wantto delete. For example, pets/dog.png.

If successful, the response is similar to the following example:

Removing objects:Removing gs://example-bucket/file.txt... Completed 1/1

Client libraries

C++

For more information, see the Cloud Storage C++ API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Cloud Storage, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

namespace gcs = ::google::cloud::storage;[](gcs::Client client, std::string const& bucket_name, std::string const& object_name) { google::cloud::Status status = client.DeleteObject(bucket_name, object_name); if (!status.ok()) throw std::runtime_error(status.message()); std::cout << "Deleted " << object_name << " in bucket " << bucket_name << "\n";}

C#

For more information, see the Cloud Storage C# API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Cloud Storage, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

using Google.Cloud.Storage.V1;using System;public class DeleteFileSample{ public void DeleteFile( string bucketName = "your-unique-bucket-name", string objectName = "your-object-name") { var storage = StorageClient.Create(); storage.DeleteObject(bucketName, objectName); Console.WriteLine($"Deleted {objectName}."); }}

Go

For more information, see the Cloud Storage Go API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Cloud Storage, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import ("context""fmt""io""time""cloud.google.com/go/storage")// deleteFile removes specified object.func deleteFile(w io.Writer, bucket, object string) error {// bucket := "bucket-name"// object := "object-name"ctx := context.Background()client, err := storage.NewClient(ctx)if err != nil {return fmt.Errorf("storage.NewClient: %w", err)}defer client.Close()ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, time.Second*10)defer cancel()o := client.Bucket(bucket).Object(object)// Optional: set a generation-match precondition to avoid potential race// conditions and data corruptions. The request to delete the file is aborted// if the object's generation number does not match your precondition.attrs, err := o.Attrs(ctx)if err != nil {return fmt.Errorf("object.Attrs: %w", err)}o = o.If(storage.Conditions{GenerationMatch: attrs.Generation})if err := o.Delete(ctx); err != nil {return fmt.Errorf("Object(%q).Delete: %w", object, err)}fmt.Fprintf(w, "Blob %v deleted.\n", object)return nil}

Java

For more information, see the Cloud Storage Java API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Cloud Storage, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import com.google.cloud.storage.Blob;import com.google.cloud.storage.BlobId;import com.google.cloud.storage.Storage;import com.google.cloud.storage.StorageOptions;public class DeleteObject { public static void deleteObject(String projectId, String bucketName, String objectName) { // The ID of your GCP project // String projectId = "your-project-id"; // The ID of your GCS bucket // String bucketName = "your-unique-bucket-name"; // The ID of your GCS object // String objectName = "your-object-name"; Storage storage = StorageOptions.newBuilder().setProjectId(projectId).build().getService(); Blob blob = storage.get(bucketName, objectName); if (blob == null) { System.out.println("The object " + objectName + " wasn't found in " + bucketName); return; } BlobId idWithGeneration = blob.getBlobId(); // Deletes the blob specified by its id. When the generation is present and non-null it will be // specified in the request. // If versioning is enabled on the bucket and the generation is present in the delete request, // only the version of the object with the matching generation will be deleted. // If instead you want to delete the current version, the generation should be dropped by // performing the following. // BlobId idWithoutGeneration = // BlobId.of(idWithGeneration.getBucket(), idWithGeneration.getName()); // storage.delete(idWithoutGeneration); storage.delete(idWithGeneration); System.out.println("Object " + objectName + " was permanently deleted from " + bucketName); }}

Node.js

For more information, see the Cloud Storage Node.js API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Cloud Storage, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

/** * TODO(developer): Uncomment the following lines before running the sample. */// The ID of your GCS bucket// const bucketName = 'your-unique-bucket-name';// The ID of your GCS file// const fileName = 'your-file-name';// Imports the Google Cloud client libraryconst {Storage} = require('@google-cloud/storage');// Creates a clientconst storage = new Storage();// Optional:// Set a generation-match precondition to avoid potential race conditions// and data corruptions. The request to delete is aborted if the object's// generation number does not match your precondition. For a destination// object that does not yet exist, set the ifGenerationMatch precondition to 0// If the destination object already exists in your bucket, set instead a// generation-match precondition using its generation number.const deleteOptions = { ifGenerationMatch: generationMatchPrecondition,};async function deleteFile() { await storage.bucket(bucketName).file(fileName).delete(deleteOptions); console.log(`gs://${bucketName}/${fileName} deleted`);}deleteFile().catch(console.error);

PHP

For more information, see the Cloud Storage PHP API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Cloud Storage, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

use Google\Cloud\Storage\StorageClient;/** * Delete an object. * * @param string $bucketName The name of your Cloud Storage bucket. * (e.g. 'my-bucket') * @param string $objectName The name of your Cloud Storage object. * (e.g. 'my-object') */function delete_object(string $bucketName, string $objectName): void{ $storage = new StorageClient(); $bucket = $storage->bucket($bucketName); $object = $bucket->object($objectName); $object->delete(); printf('Deleted gs://%s/%s' . PHP_EOL, $bucketName, $objectName);}

Python

For more information, see the Cloud Storage Python API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Cloud Storage, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

from google.cloud import storagedef delete_blob(bucket_name, blob_name): """Deletes a blob from the bucket.""" # bucket_name = "your-bucket-name" # blob_name = "your-object-name" storage_client = storage.Client() bucket = storage_client.bucket(bucket_name) blob = bucket.blob(blob_name) generation_match_precondition = None # Optional: set a generation-match precondition to avoid potential race conditions # and data corruptions. The request to delete is aborted if the object's # generation number does not match your precondition. blob.reload() # Fetch blob metadata to use in generation_match_precondition. generation_match_precondition = blob.generation blob.delete(if_generation_match=generation_match_precondition) print(f"Blob {blob_name} deleted.")

Ruby

For more information, see the Cloud Storage Ruby API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Cloud Storage, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

def delete_file bucket_name:, file_name: # The ID of your GCS bucket # bucket_name = "your-unique-bucket-name" # The ID of your GCS object # file_name = "your-file-name" require "google/cloud/storage" storage = Google::Cloud::Storage.new bucket = storage.bucket bucket_name, skip_lookup: true file = bucket.file file_name file.delete puts "Deleted #{file.name}"end

REST APIs

JSON API

  1. Have gcloud CLI installed and initialized, in order to generate an access token for the Authorization header.

    Alternatively, you can create an access token using theOAuth 2.0 Playgroundand include it in the Authorization header.

  2. Use cURL to call the JSON API with a DELETErequest:

    curl -X DELETE \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $(gcloud auth print-access-token)" \ "https://storage.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/BUCKET_NAME/o/OBJECT_NAME"

    Where:

    • BUCKET_NAME is the name of the bucketcontaining the object you want to delete. For example,my-bucket.
    • OBJECT_NAME is the URL-encoded name ofthe object you want to delete. For example, pets/dog.png,URL-encoded as pets%2Fdog.png.

XML API

  1. Have gcloud CLI installed and initialized, in order to generate an access token for the Authorization header.

    Alternatively, you can create an access token using theOAuth 2.0 Playgroundand include it in the Authorization header.

  2. Use cURL to call the XML API with aDELETE Object request:

    curl -X DELETE \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $(gcloud auth print-access-token)" \ "https://storage.googleapis.com/BUCKET_NAME/OBJECT_NAME"

    Where:

    • BUCKET_NAME is the name of the bucketcontaining the object you want to delete. For example,my-bucket.
    • OBJECT_NAME is the URL-encoded name ofthe object you want to delete. For example, pets/dog.png,URL-encoded as pets%2Fdog.png.

If you want to bulk delete a hundred thousand or more objects, avoid usinggcloud storage, as the process takes a long time to complete.Instead, consider one of the following options:

Delete objects  |  Cloud Storage  |  Google Cloud (2024)

FAQs

How do I delete an object from Google cloud? ›

Delete an object
  1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Cloud Storage Buckets page. ...
  2. In the list of buckets, click the name of the bucket that contains the objects you want to delete. ...
  3. Navigate to the objects, which may be located in a folder.
  4. Click the checkbox for each object you want to delete. ...
  5. Click the Delete button.

How do I remove items from Cloud Storage? ›

In the Google Cloud console, go to the Cloud Storage Buckets page. Select the checkbox of the bucket you want to delete. Click Delete. In the overlay window that appears, confirm you want to delete the bucket and its contents.

How do I empty my Google cloud storage? ›

Clean up storage through Google One
  1. On your Android device, open the Google One app .
  2. At the bottom, tap Storage. Free up account storage.
  3. Select the category you want to manage.
  4. Select the files you want to remove. To sort files, at the top, tap Filter . ...
  5. After you select your files, at the top, tap Delete .

How to clear space in Cloud Storage? ›

How do I free up cloud storage space?
  1. Delete the files you don't need.
  2. Leave shared files if you no longer require access.
  3. Tidy your backups.
  4. Upgrade your cloud storage plan.
  5. Keep your files organized.

What is Google Cloud storage object? ›

Object storage is a data storage architecture for storing unstructured data, which sections data into units—objects—and stores them in a structurally flat data environment.

How do I delete deleted items from Google? ›

Permanently delete all files in your trash
  1. On your computer, go to drive.google.com.
  2. On the left, click Trash.
  3. Make sure there are no files you want to keep.
  4. At the top right, click Empty trash.

Can you permanently delete files stored in the cloud? ›

Delete files permanently from Creative Cloud

Navigate to the "Files" tab located in the left sidebar of the interface and select the "Deleted" option. Select the files or folders that you want to permanently remove from the cloud, and then select Delete Permanently.

How do I delete saved items on Google? ›

Remove saved items
  1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google app .
  2. At the bottom, tap Saved. View all saved items.
  3. On the item you want to remove, tap More. Remove.

How do I delete unwanted items from iCloud storage? ›

Delete folders or files in iCloud Drive
  1. Go to the Files app and tap Browse.
  2. Under Locations, tap iCloud Drive.
  3. Tap the More button. , then tap Select.
  4. Choose the file or folder that you want to remove.
  5. To delete the file or folder from iCloud Drive and all of your devices, tap the Delete button. .

What should I delete when Google storage is full? ›

With the Google One Storage Management Tool, you can review and free up storage space by deleting emails in your trash, spam emails, or emails with large attachments. info Features are subject to availability. The steps may look different depending on your device.

Why is my Google storage full after deleting everything? ›

The reason for this is simpler than you might think: “deleted” files are actually just moved to Trash, where they continue to take up storage space. Google does it this way because it's a security measure that prevents users from accidentally deleting important files.

Why is my Google cloud storage full? ›

Most files in your My Drive take up space as they contain files and folders you upload or sync, such as . pdf files, images, or videos. Your space in My Drive also contains files you create, such as Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Forms. Items in your Trash also take up space.

How do I clear my storage space? ›

How to clean up your phone storage
  1. Check your storage use.
  2. Delete or offload apps you haven't been using.
  3. Optimize photo storage.
  4. Clear your cache.
  5. Delete downloads.
  6. Delete photos sent and received in message apps.
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How do I free up space in Google Drive? ›

2 Free up space in Drive

Find and remove large files: Go to drive.google.com/drive/quota, where your files are listed in order from biggest to smallest. Right-click a file that you want to delete and then click Move to Trash.

How do I clear storage ASAP? ›

  1. Close apps that don't respond. You don't usually need to close apps. ...
  2. Uninstall apps that you don't use. If you uninstall an app and need it later, you can download it again. ...
  3. Clear the app's cache and data. You can usually clear an app's cache and data through your phone's Settings app.

How do I remove a device from Google cloud? ›

From the Admin console Home page, go to Devices. Choose an option: To delete Android, iOS, and Google Sync devices, click Mobile devices. To delete desktops and laptops, click Endpoints.

How do I delete resources from Google cloud? ›

In the Google Cloud console, go to the Manage resources page. In the project list, select the project that you want to delete, and then click Delete.

How do I remove something from Google? ›

Use Google's removal tool. Fill out the removal request form. Contact website owners for additional removal.

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