# Working with Amazon S3 buckets by using the AWS Toolkit for JetBrains
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Every object you store in Amazon S3 resides in a bucket. You can use buckets to group related objects in the same way that you use a directory to group files in a file system.

**Topics**
+ [Creating an Amazon S3 bucket](#creating-s3-bucket)
+ [Viewing Amazon S3 buckets](#viewing-s3-bucket)
+ [Deleting an Amazon S3 bucket](#deleting-s3-buckets)

## Creating an Amazon S3 bucket
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1. Open AWS Explorer, if it isn't already open.

1. Right-click the **Amazon S3** node and choose **Create S3 Bucket**.  
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1. In the **Create S3 Bucket** dialog box, enter a name for the bucket.
**Note**  
Because Amazon S3 allows your bucket to be used as a URL that can be accessed publicly, the bucket name that you choose must be globally unique. If some other account has already created a bucket with the name that you chose, you must use another name. For more information, see [Bucket Restrictions and Limitations](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/BucketRestrictions.html) in the *Amazon Simple Storage Service User Guide*.

1. Choose **Create**.

## Viewing Amazon S3 buckets
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1. Open AWS Explorer, if it isn't already open.

1. Click the **Amazon S3** node to expand the list of buckets.
   + The S3 buckets for the [current AWS Region](setup-region.md#setup-region-current-region) are displayed beneath the **Amazon S3** node.

## Deleting an Amazon S3 bucket
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1. Open AWS Explorer, if it isn't already.

1. Click the **Amazon S3** node to expand the list of buckets.

1. Right-click the bucket to delete, and then choose **Delete S3 Bucket**.  
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1. Enter the bucket's name to confirm the deletion, and then choose **OK**.
   + If the bucket contains objects, the bucket is emptied before deletion. A notification is displayed after the deletion is complete.