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AWS S3 provides basically unlimited storage. Unfortunately, this storage doesn't come free. So If you don't clean up your s3 buckets you'll be paying a massive AWS bill just to store stuff you don't need. If you want to delete an s3 bucket completely...

Feb 22, 2023 · 3 min read · awsforhumans.hashnode.dev  
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