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title: "Managing S3 Buckets | Hostman Docs"
description: "Change storage size or delete S3 storage buckets easily with Hostman’s intuitive, user-friendly storage management tools."
---

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## Connecting to a Bucket and Working with Files

The [S3 storage](https://hostman.com/s3-storage/) supports access via the Amazon S3 API and Swift API. You can find the credentials for S3 and Swift in the **Settings** tab in your dashboard.

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You can connect to the storage and manage files (upload, modify, delete) in various ways:

-   You can use an S3 API client. This can be a file manager like Cyberduck or any other tool that supports the S3 protocol, such as S3cmd, Rclone, AWS CLI, S3 Browser, and many more.
    
-   You can implement the connection to the storage in your application’s code using programming language libraries for the S3 protocol.
    
-   You can upload files using the object manager in the dashboard.
    

> [!NOTE]
> The storage supports AWS Signature versions v2 and v4.

To access the files, you can use URLs like: 

```shell
https://s3.hmstorage.net/bucket_name/file_name
```

If the file is located in a directory inside a bucket, the URL will be:

```shell
https://s3.hmstorage.net/bucket_name/directory_name/file_name
```

You can also access files in public buckets using the Virtual-hosted style addressing model, in which case the bucket name is included in the hostname: 

```shell
https://bucket_name.s3.hmstorage.net/file_name
https://bucket_name.s3.hmstorage.net/directory_name/file_name
```

You can also access the bucket through your custom domain by linking it. 

Files in a **public** bucket can be accessed via a browser or another HTTP client by using the file URL.

You can also access files in a **private** bucket through HTTP, but you need to include an additional authentication signature in the request as HTTP headers. For more details, see the description of how to work with [S3](https://hostman.com/products/s3-storage/).

The upload speed for files to or from a bucket is 1 Gbps.

## Changing Storage Size

You can upgrade the bucket plan if you need more storage space. It is not possible to downgrade the plan.

To change the plan: 

1.  Click on the bucket in the dashboard.
    
2.  In the **Settings** tab, click **Change storage size**.
    

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3.  Select the new plan and save the changes. 
    

The storage space will increase immediately.

## Action History

You can view the actions performed on the bucket in the **History** tab.

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The following events are logged:

-   Creating and deleting buckets
-   Changing bucket size
-   Linking domains
-   Issuing SSL certificates
-   Data transfer

## Deleting a Bucket

Deleting a bucket will remove the bucket and all files within it. 

To delete a bucket, click on the three dots next to the bucket in the **S3 Storage** section:

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Or click the delete icon in the bucket settings:

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In the popup window, enter the bucket name to confirm deletion.