# Deleting objects from versioning-suspended buckets
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You can delete objects from versioning-suspended buckets to remove an object with a null version ID.

If versioning is suspended for a bucket, a `DELETE` request:
+ Can only remove an object whose version ID is `null`.
+ Doesn't remove anything if there isn't a null version of the object in the bucket.
+ Inserts a delete marker into the bucket.

If bucket versioning is suspended, the operation removes the object that has a null `versionId`. If a version ID exists, Amazon S3 inserts a delete marker that becomes the current version of the object. The following figure shows how a simple `DELETE` removes a null version and Amazon S3 inserts a delete marker in its place instead with a `null` version ID.

![\[Illustration that shows a simple delete to remove an object with a NULL version ID.\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/images/versioning_DELETE_versioningSuspended.png)


To permanently delete an object that has a `versionId`, you must include the object’s `versionId` in the request. Since a delete marker doesn't contain any content, you'll lose the content for the `null` version when a delete marker replaces it.

The following figure shows a bucket that doesn't have a null version. In this case, the `DELETE` removes nothing. Instead, Amazon S3 just inserts a delete marker.

![\[Illustration that shows a delete marker insertion.\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/images/versioning_DELETE_versioningSuspendedNoNull.png)


Even in a versioning-suspended bucket, the bucket owner can permanently delete a specified version by including the version ID in the `DELETE` request, unless permissions for the `DELETE` request have been explicitly denied. For example, to deny deletion of any objects that have a `null` version ID, you must explicitly deny the `s3:DeleteObject` and `s3:DeleteObjectVersions` permissions.

The following figure shows that deleting a specified object version permanently removes that version of the object. Only the bucket owner can delete a specified object version.

![\[Illustration that shows a permanent object deletion using a specified version ID.\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/images/versioning_DELETE_versioningEnabled2.png)