# Manage Buckets

## View buckets

1\. In the **DCD**, go to **Menu** > **Storage & Backup** > **IONOS Object Storage**.

2\. From the drop-down list in the **Buckets** tab, choose either to **Show user-owned buckets** or **Show contract-owned buckets** depending on the bucket type you want to view.

![Show contract-owned buckets](https://1737632334-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-MifAzdGvKLDTtvJP8sm%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-da8fc8e95886dc958cffc984300205996ecab083%2Fs3-show-contract-owned-buckets.png?alt=media)

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**Result:** All the buckets present under the selected bucket type are listed.

* On choosing **Show user-owned buckets**, only buckets owned by the user are listed.
* On choosing **Show contract-owned buckets**, all the buckets created by all the users under this contract are listed.
* Each bucket displays the bucket name, bucket type, [<mark style="color:blue;">Region</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/backup-and-storage/overview#service-availability), and the date of bucket creation.
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## Bucket actions

1\. In the **DCD**, go to **Menu** > **Storage & Backup** > **IONOS Object Storage**.

2\. From the drop-down list in the **Buckets** tab, choose either **Show user-owned buckets** or **Show contract-owned buckets** depending on the bucket type you want to view.

3\. From the **Buckets** list, choose the bucket on which you want to perform the actions and click on the respective bucket's action menu (three dots).

4\. You can perform the following actions:

* **Bucket Settings:** Manage your bucket and its objects by applying the [<mark style="color:blue;">bucket settings</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/backup-and-storage/ionos-object-storage/settings) related to data management, access management, and public access settings.
* **Copy Endpoint URL:** Copy the endpoint URL of the bucket to use this URL in the [<mark style="color:blue;">API</mark>](https://api.ionos.com/docs/s3/v2/#section/Overview) and [<mark style="color:blue;">CLI</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/backup-and-storage/s3-tools#cli).
* **Delete:** Use this option to [<mark style="color:blue;">Delete a bucket</mark>](#delete-a-bucket).

![Bucket actions](https://1737632334-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-MifAzdGvKLDTtvJP8sm%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-3386093f6ea9f2ee6d0ea18192742b7238db5362%2Fs3-bucket-actions.png?alt=media)

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**Result:** The action chosen to perform on the bucket is successfully applied.
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## Delete a bucket

1\. In the **DCD**, go to **Menu** > **Storage & Backup** > **IONOS Object Storage**.

2\. From the drop-down list in the **Buckets** tab, choose either **Show user-owned buckets** or **Show contract-owned buckets** depending on the bucket type you want to view.

3\. From the **Buckets** list, choose the bucket to delete and click on the respective bucket's action menu (three dots).

4\. Click **Delete**.

5\. Confirm the deletion of the bucket by choosing **Delete**. If the bucket consists of objects and folders, you see an option to **Empty and delete** which deletes all the content within the bucket and then deletes the bucket.

![Delete a bucket](https://1737632334-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-MifAzdGvKLDTtvJP8sm%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-1313556abc2c0183d44682cebbc654f2cb2bcf5a%2Fs3-delete-a-bucket.png?alt=media)

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**Result:** The bucket is successfully deleted and removed from the **Buckets** list.
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