Creating a bucket with an expiration lifecycle policy

To create a bucket with an expiration lifecycle policy:

From the navigation pane, select S3 > Buckets.
Click Create Bucket.
In the Name field, enter a name for your bucket. Bucket names must use only lowercase letters, numbers, periods, and hyphens.
Click the Expiration Lifecycle policy tab.
Click Add Rule.
1. To apply the rule to all objects in a bucket, click All Objects. Alternatively, click Filter objects and search for specific objects using the Prefix field.
2. Select from the following actions by clicking their associated toggle to enable them:
  - Expire current version of objects: Permanently deletes an object marker after a set number of days from object creation, or on a specific date. Allows you to designate a value for expiration by selecting from either the Number of days or On the specified date fields. The default expiration period is 365 days.
  - Permanently delete previous versions: Permanently deletes an object after a set number of days from having been made a previous version. Allows you to designate a length of time using the Days field. The default deletion period is 30 days.
  - Delete incomplete multi-part uploads: Removes partial multi-part uploads (MPUs) uploads if they are not successfully completed within a set number of days. Allows you to designate a length of time using the Days until upload is aborted field.
  - Delete expired object delete markers: Removes expired object delete marker, which are delete markers without any previous versions. This action cannot be selected if Expire current version of objects is enabled.
3. When you are finished adding rules, click Save.
When you are finished configuring your bucket, click Create.
A message confirming the creation of the new bucket is displayed and you are returned to the Buckets page.
To view your new bucket, select it by clicking its name from the Name column or by clicking View.