S3 Buckets out of control

Question

Hello, I am stuck with buckets in a weird state, here are all my attempts:

## Deleting
I have a set of old buckets in a really weird state, I am connected with the root user of my account and I want to delete them but impossible.

![s3 console with stuck buckets](/media/postImages/original/IMykNAxx2LTMW0KVdQOBTeIA)

## Properties 
I can't even get the list of properties or permissions about these buckets, I get errors about IAM permissions that I am missing but since I am connected with the root user in theory I have all the permissions necessary ? (I even tried with and IAM user with the specific permissions but nothing)

![Enter image description here](/media/postImages/original/IMoIqEmTOHS6Ku9En2jWWFEA)

## CLI

With the CLI nothing more, I get these messages:

``` bash
$ aws s3api list-object-versions --bucket "sagemaker-studio-0000000"
An error occurred (AccessDenied) when calling the ListObjectVersions operation: Access Denied
$ aws s3 rm s3://sagemaker-studio-0000000 --recursive      
fatal error: An error occurred (AccessDenied) when calling the ListObjectsV2 operation: Access Denied
```

I'm out of ideas and don't know what to do to delete theses buckets. 
Do you have any ideas ?

Thank you

Answer

You should be able to regain access to your buckets this way - https://repost.aws/knowledge-center/s3-accidentally-denied-access

Answer

This could be caused by an Organization Service Control Policy (SCP), that can deny operations/resources to the root user account. You can try the [policy simulator ](https://policysim.aws.amazon.com/home/index.jsp?#) to see if that is what is happening.

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