Clean up

If your first upload was just a test, here's how to remove it — safely.

Preview first

Every destructive command supports --dry-run, which shows exactly what would be removed without touching anything:

cargoship delete s3://my-bucket/archives/uploads/20260721-a1b2c3 --dry-run

Delete one upload

cargoship delete s3://my-bucket/archives/uploads/20260721-a1b2c3

This removes the chunks and manifest for that single upload ID. You'll be prompted to confirm. delete is scoped to one upload — it won't touch other uploads in the same bucket.

scuttle removes everything

cargoship scuttle deletes all CargoShip data under a bucket/prefix, not just one upload. It requires triple confirmation and should be reserved for tearing down a whole archive location. Always --dry-run it first.

Automation

For scripted teardown, --force skips the confirmation prompt. Only use it when you're certain of the target — prefer running a --dry-run in the same script and reviewing its output before the real run.

You're done with the basics

You've uploaded, verified, restored, and cleaned up. From here:

• Pick a use-case tutorial for your kind of data.
• Read Uploading data for the full set of upload options.
• Set up budgets and cost tracking before archiving at scale.