diff --git a/plugins/repository-s3/src/main/java/org/opensearch/repositories/s3/S3BlobContainer.java b/plugins/repository-s3/src/main/java/org/opensearch/repositories/s3/S3BlobContainer.java
index 9ffdba5eaae3a..9777bd974d56c 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-s3/src/main/java/org/opensearch/repositories/s3/S3BlobContainer.java
+++ b/plugins/repository-s3/src/main/java/org/opensearch/repositories/s3/S3BlobContainer.java
@@ -113,13 +113,6 @@ class S3BlobContainer extends AbstractBlobContainer implements AsyncMultiStreamB
 
     private static final Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger(S3BlobContainer.class);
 
-    /**
-     * Maximum number of deletes in a {@link DeleteObjectsRequest}.
-     *
-     * @see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/multiobjectdeleteapi.html">S3 Documentation</a>.
-     */
-    private static final int MAX_BULK_DELETES = 1000;
-
     private final S3BlobStore blobStore;
     private final String keyPath;
 
@@ -339,12 +332,12 @@ private void doDeleteBlobs(List<String> blobNames, boolean relative) throws IOEx
             outstanding = new HashSet<>(blobNames);
         }
         try (AmazonS3Reference clientReference = blobStore.clientReference()) {
-            // S3 API only allows 1k blobs per delete so we split up the given blobs into requests of max. 1k deletes
+            // S3 API allows 1k blobs per delete so we split up the given blobs into requests of bulk size deletes
             final List<DeleteObjectsRequest> deleteRequests = new ArrayList<>();
             final List<String> partition = new ArrayList<>();
             for (String key : outstanding) {
                 partition.add(key);
-                if (partition.size() == MAX_BULK_DELETES) {
+                if (partition.size() == blobStore.getBulkDeletesSize()) {
                     deleteRequests.add(bulkDelete(blobStore.bucket(), partition));
                     partition.clear();
                 }
diff --git a/plugins/repository-s3/src/main/java/org/opensearch/repositories/s3/S3BlobStore.java b/plugins/repository-s3/src/main/java/org/opensearch/repositories/s3/S3BlobStore.java
index 3dd373b5b9f32..80005d92344a4 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-s3/src/main/java/org/opensearch/repositories/s3/S3BlobStore.java
+++ b/plugins/repository-s3/src/main/java/org/opensearch/repositories/s3/S3BlobStore.java
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 
 import static org.opensearch.repositories.s3.S3Repository.BUCKET_SETTING;
 import static org.opensearch.repositories.s3.S3Repository.BUFFER_SIZE_SETTING;
+import static org.opensearch.repositories.s3.S3Repository.BULK_DELETE_SIZE;
 import static org.opensearch.repositories.s3.S3Repository.CANNED_ACL_SETTING;
 import static org.opensearch.repositories.s3.S3Repository.SERVER_SIDE_ENCRYPTION_SETTING;
 import static org.opensearch.repositories.s3.S3Repository.STORAGE_CLASS_SETTING;
@@ -74,6 +75,8 @@ class S3BlobStore implements BlobStore {
 
     private volatile StorageClass storageClass;
 
+    private volatile int bulkDeletesSize;
+
     private volatile RepositoryMetadata repositoryMetadata;
 
     private final StatsMetricPublisher statsMetricPublisher = new StatsMetricPublisher();
@@ -92,6 +95,7 @@ class S3BlobStore implements BlobStore {
         ByteSizeValue bufferSize,
         String cannedACL,
         String storageClass,
+        int bulkDeletesSize,
         RepositoryMetadata repositoryMetadata,
         AsyncTransferManager asyncTransferManager,
         AsyncExecutorContainer priorityExecutorBuilder,
@@ -105,6 +109,7 @@ class S3BlobStore implements BlobStore {
         this.bufferSize = bufferSize;
         this.cannedACL = initCannedACL(cannedACL);
         this.storageClass = initStorageClass(storageClass);
+        this.bulkDeletesSize = bulkDeletesSize;
         this.repositoryMetadata = repositoryMetadata;
         this.asyncTransferManager = asyncTransferManager;
         this.normalExecutorBuilder = normalExecutorBuilder;
@@ -119,6 +124,7 @@ public void reload(RepositoryMetadata repositoryMetadata) {
         this.bufferSize = BUFFER_SIZE_SETTING.get(repositoryMetadata.settings());
         this.cannedACL = initCannedACL(CANNED_ACL_SETTING.get(repositoryMetadata.settings()));
         this.storageClass = initStorageClass(STORAGE_CLASS_SETTING.get(repositoryMetadata.settings()));
+        this.bulkDeletesSize = BULK_DELETE_SIZE.get(repositoryMetadata.settings());
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -150,6 +156,10 @@ public long bufferSizeInBytes() {
         return bufferSize.getBytes();
     }
 
+    public int getBulkDeletesSize() {
+        return bulkDeletesSize;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public BlobContainer blobContainer(BlobPath path) {
         return new S3BlobContainer(path, this);
diff --git a/plugins/repository-s3/src/main/java/org/opensearch/repositories/s3/S3Repository.java b/plugins/repository-s3/src/main/java/org/opensearch/repositories/s3/S3Repository.java
index b944bd8bf6260..fd8952cb5abd1 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-s3/src/main/java/org/opensearch/repositories/s3/S3Repository.java
+++ b/plugins/repository-s3/src/main/java/org/opensearch/repositories/s3/S3Repository.java
@@ -196,6 +196,13 @@ class S3Repository extends MeteredBlobStoreRepository {
         new ByteSizeValue(5, ByteSizeUnit.TB)
     );
 
+    /**
+     * Maximum number of deletes in a DeleteObjectsRequest.
+     *
+     * @see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/multiobjectdeleteapi.html">S3 Documentation</a>.
+     */
+    static final Setting<Integer> BULK_DELETE_SIZE = Setting.intSetting("bulk_delete_size", 1000, 1, 1000);
+
     /**
      * Sets the S3 storage class type for the backup files. Values may be standard, reduced_redundancy,
      * standard_ia, onezone_ia and intelligent_tiering. Defaults to standard.
@@ -262,6 +269,8 @@ class S3Repository extends MeteredBlobStoreRepository {
     private final AsyncExecutorContainer normalExecutorBuilder;
     private final Path pluginConfigPath;
 
+    private volatile int bulkDeletesSize;
+
     // Used by test classes
     S3Repository(
         final RepositoryMetadata metadata,
@@ -426,6 +435,7 @@ protected S3BlobStore createBlobStore() {
             bufferSize,
             cannedACL,
             storageClass,
+            bulkDeletesSize,
             metadata,
             asyncUploadUtils,
             priorityExecutorBuilder,
@@ -485,6 +495,7 @@ private void readRepositoryMetadata() {
         this.serverSideEncryption = SERVER_SIDE_ENCRYPTION_SETTING.get(metadata.settings());
         this.storageClass = STORAGE_CLASS_SETTING.get(metadata.settings());
         this.cannedACL = CANNED_ACL_SETTING.get(metadata.settings());
+        this.bulkDeletesSize = BULK_DELETE_SIZE.get(metadata.settings());
         if (S3ClientSettings.checkDeprecatedCredentials(metadata.settings())) {
             // provided repository settings
             deprecationLogger.deprecate(
diff --git a/plugins/repository-s3/src/test/java/org/opensearch/repositories/s3/S3BlobContainerMockClientTests.java b/plugins/repository-s3/src/test/java/org/opensearch/repositories/s3/S3BlobContainerMockClientTests.java
index 8c8524212e08e..6eb8faa746d34 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-s3/src/test/java/org/opensearch/repositories/s3/S3BlobContainerMockClientTests.java
+++ b/plugins/repository-s3/src/test/java/org/opensearch/repositories/s3/S3BlobContainerMockClientTests.java
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 
 import org.mockito.invocation.InvocationOnMock;
 
+import static org.opensearch.repositories.s3.S3Repository.BULK_DELETE_SIZE;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.any;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.doAnswer;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
@@ -387,6 +388,7 @@ private S3BlobStore createBlobStore() {
             S3Repository.BUFFER_SIZE_SETTING.getDefault(Settings.EMPTY),
             S3Repository.CANNED_ACL_SETTING.getDefault(Settings.EMPTY),
             S3Repository.STORAGE_CLASS_SETTING.getDefault(Settings.EMPTY),
+            BULK_DELETE_SIZE.get(Settings.EMPTY),
             repositoryMetadata,
             new AsyncTransferManager(
                 S3Repository.PARALLEL_MULTIPART_UPLOAD_MINIMUM_PART_SIZE_SETTING.getDefault(Settings.EMPTY).getBytes(),
diff --git a/plugins/repository-s3/src/test/java/org/opensearch/repositories/s3/S3BlobContainerRetriesTests.java b/plugins/repository-s3/src/test/java/org/opensearch/repositories/s3/S3BlobContainerRetriesTests.java
index ecad68474b601..a2214f5218991 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-s3/src/test/java/org/opensearch/repositories/s3/S3BlobContainerRetriesTests.java
+++ b/plugins/repository-s3/src/test/java/org/opensearch/repositories/s3/S3BlobContainerRetriesTests.java
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@
 import static org.opensearch.repositories.s3.S3ClientSettings.MAX_RETRIES_SETTING;
 import static org.opensearch.repositories.s3.S3ClientSettings.READ_TIMEOUT_SETTING;
 import static org.opensearch.repositories.s3.S3ClientSettings.REGION;
+import static org.opensearch.repositories.s3.S3Repository.BULK_DELETE_SIZE;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.anyOf;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.containsString;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
@@ -215,6 +216,7 @@ protected AsyncMultiStreamBlobContainer createBlobContainer(
                 bufferSize == null ? S3Repository.BUFFER_SIZE_SETTING.getDefault(Settings.EMPTY) : bufferSize,
                 S3Repository.CANNED_ACL_SETTING.getDefault(Settings.EMPTY),
                 S3Repository.STORAGE_CLASS_SETTING.getDefault(Settings.EMPTY),
+                BULK_DELETE_SIZE.get(Settings.EMPTY),
                 repositoryMetadata,
                 new AsyncTransferManager(
                     S3Repository.PARALLEL_MULTIPART_UPLOAD_MINIMUM_PART_SIZE_SETTING.getDefault(Settings.EMPTY).getBytes(),
diff --git a/plugins/repository-s3/src/test/java/org/opensearch/repositories/s3/S3BlobStoreContainerTests.java b/plugins/repository-s3/src/test/java/org/opensearch/repositories/s3/S3BlobStoreContainerTests.java
index e266bba372d80..2701cae6a733b 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-s3/src/test/java/org/opensearch/repositories/s3/S3BlobStoreContainerTests.java
+++ b/plugins/repository-s3/src/test/java/org/opensearch/repositories/s3/S3BlobStoreContainerTests.java
@@ -276,10 +276,12 @@ public void testDelete() throws IOException {
         final String bucketName = randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(1, 10);
 
         final BlobPath blobPath = new BlobPath();
+        int bulkDeleteSize = 5;
 
         final S3BlobStore blobStore = mock(S3BlobStore.class);
         when(blobStore.bucket()).thenReturn(bucketName);
         when(blobStore.getStatsMetricPublisher()).thenReturn(new StatsMetricPublisher());
+        when(blobStore.getBulkDeletesSize()).thenReturn(bulkDeleteSize);
 
         final S3Client client = mock(S3Client.class);
         doAnswer(invocation -> new AmazonS3Reference(client)).when(blobStore).clientReference();
@@ -297,8 +299,11 @@ public void testDelete() throws IOException {
         when(client.listObjectsV2Paginator(any(ListObjectsV2Request.class))).thenReturn(listObjectsV2Iterable);
 
         final List<String> keysDeleted = new ArrayList<>();
+        AtomicInteger deleteCount = new AtomicInteger();
         doAnswer(invocation -> {
             DeleteObjectsRequest deleteObjectsRequest = invocation.getArgument(0);
+            deleteCount.getAndIncrement();
+            logger.info("Object sizes are{}", deleteObjectsRequest.delete().objects().size());
             keysDeleted.addAll(deleteObjectsRequest.delete().objects().stream().map(ObjectIdentifier::key).collect(Collectors.toList()));
             return DeleteObjectsResponse.builder().build();
         }).when(client).deleteObjects(any(DeleteObjectsRequest.class));
@@ -311,6 +316,8 @@ public void testDelete() throws IOException {
         // keysDeleted will have blobPath also
         assertEquals(listObjectsV2ResponseIterator.getKeysListed().size(), keysDeleted.size() - 1);
         assertTrue(keysDeleted.contains(blobPath.buildAsString()));
+        // keysDeleted will have blobPath also
+        assertEquals((int) Math.ceil(((double) keysDeleted.size() + 1) / bulkDeleteSize), deleteCount.get());
         keysDeleted.remove(blobPath.buildAsString());
         assertEquals(new HashSet<>(listObjectsV2ResponseIterator.getKeysListed()), new HashSet<>(keysDeleted));
     }