Delete AWS S3 Bucket with millions of objects

Question

I want to delete an s3 bucket in aws with millions of objects. Is there a quick way of doing it through AWS CLI command or a script to delete them all without going in the console and manually doing it?

Answer 1

The easiest way I have found is to first edit the bucket's lifecycle policy to expire all objects. Then wait a day or two for the lifecycle policy to have removed all the objects from the bucket.