Deleting access points for an S3 file system - Amazon Simple Storage Service

Deleting access points for an S3 file system

When deleting an access point, make sure no applications are actively using the access point before deletion to avoid service disruption. Once deleted, the access point and its configuration are permanently removed.

This section explains how to use the Amazon S3 console to delete an access point for S3 Files.

  1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the Amazon S3 console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/s3/.

  2. In the navigation bar at the top of the page, verify you are in the AWS Region of the file system which has the access point that you want to delete.

  3. In the left navigation pane, choose General purpose buckets.

  4. Choose a general purpose bucket your file system is attached to.

  5. Select the File systems tab and select the file system you wish to use.

  6. Select the Access points tab and select the access point you wish to delete.

  7. Choose Delete.

  8. In the confirmation window, type confirm and choose Delete.

The following delete-access-point example command shows how you can use the AWS CLI to delete an access point for S3 Files.

aws s3files delete-access-point --access-point-id access-point-id