---
title: "DeleteContainer"
slug: "storage-archivestorage-deletecontainer-subaccount"
tags: ["Archive Storage"]
updated: 2026-09-17T10:12:27Z
published: 2026-09-17T10:12:27Z
canonical: "api.ncloud-docs.com/storage-archivestorage-deletecontainer-subaccount"
---

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# DeleteContainer

Available in Classic and VPC

Delete containers (buckets) with no data.

## Request

This section describes the request format. The method and URI are as follows:

| Method | URI |
| --- | --- |
| DELETE | /{containerName} |

### Request headers

The following describes the headers.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `x-ncp-apigw-timestamp` | String | Required | Timestamp value - It indicates the elapsed time in milliseconds since January 1, 1970 00:00:00 UTC. - Request is considered invalid if the timestamp differs from the current time by more than 5 minutes. |
| `x-ncp-iam-access-key` | String | Required | API key issued by NAVER Cloud Platform or access key issued by Sub Account |
| `x-ncp-apigw-signature-v2` | String | Required | Signature used to encrypt the body of the above example with the secret key that maps with the access key ID - Use the HMAC-SHA256 encryption algorithm. |
| `x-ncp-region_code` | String | Required | Region code of the container - e.g., Korea: `KR` \| Singapore: `SGN` |

### Request path parameters

The following describes the parameters.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `containerName` | String | Required | Name of the container (bucket) to delete |

### Request example

The request example is as follows:

```
curl -X DELETE "https://archive-storage-external-api.apigw.ntruss.com/{containerName}" -H "accept: application/json" -H "x-ncp-region-code: {regionCode}"
-H "x-ncp-iam-access-key: {AccessKey} "
-H "x-ncp-apigw-timestamp: {current timestamp}"
-H "x-ncp-apigw-signature-v2: {generated signature}"
```

## Response

This section describes the response format.

### Response headers

The following describes the headers.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `Server` | String | - | Response server |
| `Date` | String | - | Response time of the request (UTC) |
| `Connection` | String | - | TCP connection status between client and server |
| `Referrer-Policy` | String | - | HTTP Referrer header handling method |
| `x-ncp-apigw-response-origin` | String | - | Original source of the response |
| `x-ncp-trace-id` | String | - | ID for transaction tracking |

### Response example

The response example is as follows:

```
HTTP/1.1 204 No Content
Server: nginx
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2024 02:55:54 GMT
Connection: keep-alive
Referrer-Policy: unsafe-url
x-ncp-trace-id: 3cdj36li3ip9i36ohl64omapb2
x-ncp-apigw-response-origin: ENDPOINT
```