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# Emptying Buckets

> Delete all objects from a Telnyx Cloud Storage bucket before removing it. Use the Mission Control portal or the S3-compatible API to bulk empty buckets.

When a bucket has more than 1000 objects, it's burdensome to empty it synchronously.

The best solution is to take advantage of lifecycle rules which asynchronously operate on destination bucket.

Here is a sample lifecycle rule

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## Sample lifecycle rule

```json theme={null}
{
    "Rules": [
        {
            "ID": "delete_all_versions_and_delete_markers",
            "Status": "Enabled",
            "Filter": {
                "Prefix": ""
            },
            "NoncurrentVersionExpiration": {
                "NoncurrentDays": 1
            },
            "AbortIncompleteMultipartUpload": {
                "DaysAfterInitiation": 1
            },
            "Expiration": {
                "Days": 1
            }
        }
    ]
}
```

Name that file as `lifecycle.json` and you can apply that to the bucket you intend to empty ---

```json theme={null}
aws s3api put-bucket-lifecycle-configuration --bucket mybucketname --lifecycle-configuration file://lifecycle.json --profile mytelnyxprofile --endpoint-url https://us-west-1.telnyxcloudstorage.com
```

You can verify that it's applied correctly the following way.

```json theme={null}
aws s3api get-bucket-lifecycle-configuration --bucket mybucketname --profile mytelnyxprofile --endpoint-url https://us-west-1.telnyxcloudstorage.com
```

Check on your bucket after 24 hours to validate it's being cleared.