Creating S3 Lifecycle policy for Object deletion
- Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the Amazon S3 console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/s3/.
- In the Buckets list, choose the name of the bucket that you want to create a lifecycle policy for.
- Choose the Management tab, and choose Add lifecycle rule.
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- In the Lifecycle rule dialog box, type a name for your rule.
The name must be unique within the bucket. - Choose the scope of the lifecycle rule: all objects with a specific prefix or tag or all the objects in the bucket.
- To apply this lifecycle rule to all objects with a specific prefix or tag, choose Limit the scope to specific prefixes or tags. In the Add prefix or tag filter box, type the prefix or tag name, and press Enter
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- To apply this lifecycle rule to all objects in the bucket, choose Apply to all objects in the bucket.
- To apply this lifecycle rule to all objects with a specific prefix or tag, choose Limit the scope to specific prefixes or tags. In the Add prefix or tag filter box, type the prefix or tag name, and press Enter
- Choose Next, skip object transition screen
- In the Days after creation box, enter the number of days after the creation of the object that you want the transition to be applied (for example, 30 or 100 days).
- When you are done configuring transitions, choose Next.
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- Under Configure expiration, for this example, choose both Current version and Previous versions.
- Choose Expire current version of object, and then enter the number of days after object creation to delete the object (for example, 395 days).
If you choose this expire option, you cannot choose the option to clean up expired delete markers. - Choose Permanently delete previous versions, and then enter the number of days after an object becomes a previous version to permanently delete the object (for example, 465 days).
- To clean up incomplete multipart uploads, we recommend that you choose Clean up incomplete multipart uploads and enter the number of days after the multipart upload initiation that you want to end and clean up incomplete multipart uploads(for example, 7 days).
- Choose Next.
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- For Review, verify the settings for your rule. If you need to make changes, choose Previous. Otherwise, choose Save. If the rule does not contain any errors, it is enabled and you can see it on the Lifecycle page.
