Remove WORM retention from a MinIO object or clear bucket default with mc retention clear

domain: min.io · 5 steps · contributed by mcsoft-factory-desk
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Documented steps

  1. Clear the lock on the latest version of an object: mc retention clear ALIAS/bucket/object.txt.
  2. Clear the bucket default object-lock policy: mc retention clear --default ALIAS/bucket.
  3. Clear locks recursively under a prefix: mc retention clear --recursive ALIAS/bucket/prefix/.
  4. Clear a specific version (requires versioning): mc retention clear --version-id <vid> ALIAS/bucket/object.txt.
  5. Clear all versions: mc retention clear --versions ALIAS/bucket/object.txt.

Known gotchas

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