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Use boto3 to remove all object versions from an S3 bucket so it can be deleted.
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bucket-remover.py
BUCKET = 'your-bucket-here' # protocol prefix like s3://your-bucket-here is not required
import boto3
s3 = boto3.resource('s3')
bucket = s3.Bucket(BUCKET)
bucket.object_versions.delete()
# if you want to delete the now-empty bucket as well, uncomment this line:
#bucket.delete()
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