Folder won't delete on Amazon S3

Question

I'm trying to delete a folder created as a result of a MapReduce job. Other files in the bucket delete just fine, but this folder won't delete. When I try to delete it from the console, the progress bar next to its status just stays at 0. Have made multiple attempts, including with logout/login in between.

Answer 1

I had the same issue and used AWS CLI to fix it:

aws s3 rm s3://<your-bucket>/<your-folder-to-delete>/ --recursive ;

(this assumes you have run aws configure and aws s3 ls s3://<your-bucket>/ already works)