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Purging an object and using privileged purge

You can use the HTTP DELETE method to purge all versions of an object from a namespace. You can also use the DELETE method to purge an object that is under retention (privileged purge) if the namespace is configured to allow privileged operations and you have the necessary permissions.

If versioning has never been enabled for the namespace, a purge request deletes the object. If versioning was enabled in the past but is no longer enabled, the purge request deletes all existing versions of the object.

Tip: If an object is not under retention, you can use a privileged purge operation to specify a reason for the purge. Although the object is not under retention, the namespace must still support privileged operations, and you need the privileged permission.

Purging is the only way to explicitly delete old versions. You cannot delete an individual old version.

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