How can I retrieve an Amazon S3 object that I deleted?

Resolution

You can retrieve an object that you deleted from an Amazon S3 bucket when any of the following conditions are true:

• You turned on versioning for the bucket.
• The object is replicated to another S3 bucket through S3 replication.
• You used AWS Backup to back up the object.

Note: If the deleted object doesn't meet the preceding conditions, then you can't restore it.

Retrieve an object that was deleted from a bucket that was versioning-enabled

If the request to delete the object didn't include the version-id of the object, then you can retrieve the object. For more information, see How can I retrieve an Amazon S3 object that was deleted in a versioning-enabled bucket?

Retrieve an object that was replicated through S3 replication

If the object was replicated through S3 replication, complete the following steps to access the replica of the object:

1. Open the Amazon S3 console.
2. In the list of buckets, choose the name of the bucket where your deleted object was replicated to.
3. In the list of objects, look for the replica of the object.

Retrieve an object that you backed up with AWS Backup

Use the restore operation from AWS Backup to restore the entire S3 bucket, folders, or objects within the bucket. For more information, see Restoring S3 data.

Note: AWS Backup restores only the latest version of your backup.

Related information

Restoring S3 backups