---
title: "Delete a bucket and every file in it (confirm with its name). Its keys stop working at once"
method: DELETE
path: "/storage/buckets/{bucketId}"
tags: ["Storage"]
---

# Delete a bucket and every file in it (confirm with its name). Its keys stop working at once

`DELETE /storage/buckets/{bucketId}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://hostingsurge.com/api/v1`
- URL: `https://hostingsurge.com/api/v1/storage/buckets/{bucketId}`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP bearer
  - API key in cookie `__Host-hs_session`

## Path parameters

- `bucketId` string, uuid, required

## Request body

- object
  - `confirm` string, required: the bucket name, exactly

## Response `200`

Deleted, or deleting in the background

- object
  - `deleted` true, required
  - `status` 'deleted' | 'deleting', required: deleting: its objects are still being removed in the background

## Other responses

- `400`: Invalid request (code invalid_request)
- `401`: Missing or invalid session/token (code unauthorized)
- `402`: A storage limit or quota is reached (code limit_reached)
- `403`: Authenticated but not permitted (code forbidden)
- `404`: Not found or not visible to the caller (code not_found)
- `409`: Conflicting state (code conflict)
- `429`: Too many requests (code rate_limited); see Retry-After
- `501`: Object storage is not configured on this server (code not_configured)
- `503`: The storage server is unavailable (code provider_unavailable)

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