Empty Folder on Delete with ONTAP S3 multiprotocol

[BHAGBV3001251129]

I have bucket named xyz, inside which there are following objects

a/b/obj1.doc

a/b/obj2.doc

a/b/c/obj3.doc

a/b/c/obj4.doc

On deleting all the above 4 objects, folders a, b and c are not deleted and they are empty

Why are the folders not deleted when there are no objects?

[ChLokesh]

Hello there,

- Is deleting the bucke the ultimate objective here?
- What error do we see when the folder is being deleted?

- I understand, you must have followed the below document for deleting the objects.

https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/storagegrid/tenant/deleting-s3-bucket-objects.html 

[BHAGBV3001251129]

I don't want to delete the bucket. Objective is to delete the objects are its folders if its empty. 

Objects are getting deleted without error but folders are not.

[ChLokesh]

Again, 
What error do you see when you delete the folders?

[BHAGBV3001251129]

As mentioned above there are no errors when deleting the objects

[chamfer]

@BHAGBV3001251129 

Does this bucket have versioning enabled?

[BHAGBV3001251129]

No, versioning is not enabled

[ChLokesh]

Hello,

• In S3, what appears as folders in the AWS Management Console are actually prefixes in the object key names.
• Since folders are not actual entities but part of the object keys, deleting all objects within a prefix does not result in the deletion of the prefix itself.
• The prefix will simply not be displayed in the console once all objects under it are deleted.
• To ensure that folders (prefixes) disappear from the S3 console when there are no objects:
1. Delete All Objects:
     Ensure that all objects within the prefix are deleted, including any placeholder objects.
2. Use AWS CLI or SDK:
     You can use the AWS CLI or SDK to delete all objects within a prefix, including any empty placeholder objects.

• Example: Deleting All Objects in a Prefix Using AWS CLI:
1. List Objects: First, list all objects within the prefix to ensure you know what will be deleted.
aws s3 ls s3://your-bucket/folder1/ --recursive

2. Delete Objects: Use the aws s3 rm command to delete all objects within the prefix.

aws s3 rm s3://your-bucket/folder1/ --recursive

[BHAGBV3001251129]

We are using S3 multiprotocol with ONTAP. With this option we have folders, right? How does folders get deleted in this option?

What are placeholder objects?
Here is our configuration for the bucket

[BHAGBV3001251129]

@ChLokesh Any update on this?