---
title: "Upload and download objects"
description: "Upload files to a bucket, download them back, and delete objects or a specific version from the MyAccount dashboard."
content_type: "how-to"
product: "object-storage"
platform: "MyAccount"
url: "/myaccount/object-storage/how-to/upload-and-download-objects/"
topic: ["manage-objects"]
relationships: {"requires":["/myaccount/object-storage/how-to/create-a-bucket/"]}
---

# Upload and download objects

The dashboard's **Objects** tab handles the everyday work on a bucket: uploading, downloading,
and deleting. For scripted or large-scale transfers, see
[Connect with the mc client](/myaccount/object-storage/how-to/connect-with-the-mc-client/) or
[Use the S3-compatible API](/myaccount/object-storage/how-to/use-the-s3-compatible-api/)
instead.

## Check the bucket's own details

A bucket's **Bucket Details** tab shows its public URL, name, creation date and time, its
**Bucket Lifecycle Policy** status, and its **Object Versioning Policy** status, with an edit shortcut next to the
last two so you can jump straight to changing either one.

## Upload a file from the dashboard

Open the bucket, go to its **Objects** tab, and click **Upload**. Choose one or more files from your
computer and confirm. The dashboard adds no upload limit of its own; like any S3-compatible service,
a single object can be up to 5 TiB, uploaded in parts of 5 MiB to 5 GiB each. A download over 500 MB
switches to a direct link automatically rather than passing through your browser. Each upload
finishes with the file appearing in the object list.

## Download or delete an object

Click the **Download** icon next to an object to download it, or open the **Actions**
menu and choose **Delete** to remove it permanently.

## Work with versions

If [Object Versioning](/myaccount/object-storage/how-to/turn-on-object-versioning/) is on for
the bucket, click **View All Versions** on the **Objects** tab to see every version of every
object, each with its own version ID, size, and timestamp. From a version's own menu:

- **Generate Presigned URL** creates a time-limited download link for that specific version.
- **Download** pulls that version straight to your computer.
- **Delete version** removes only that version; deleting an object normally, with versioning
  on, keeps it recoverable as a previous version instead of erasing it outright.

To send a file to someone without an account, see
[Share an object with a presigned URL](/myaccount/object-storage/how-to/share-an-object-with-a-presigned-url/).