---
title: "Browse, download, and delete objects"
description: "Open folders in a TIR Object Storage bucket, download an object, and delete objects from the Data Objects tab or with an S3 tool."
content_type: "how-to"
product: "tir-object-storage"
platform: "TIR"
url: "/tir/tir-object-storage/how-to/browse-download-and-delete-objects/"
topic: ["work-with-data"]
---

# Browse, download, and delete objects

Look through the objects in a bucket, download one, or delete the ones you are done with.

## Before you begin

- A bucket with data in it; see [Upload data to a bucket](/tir/tir-object-storage/how-to/upload-data-to-a-bucket/).
- Permission to read datasets in the project. A Member gets it through a policy that allows reading datasets. Read permission lets you open folders. To delete an object, you also need permission to delete datasets.

## Browse and download

1. In the list, select the row of the bucket, then open the **Data Objects** tab.
2. You see one folder at a time. Select a folder to open it, and select **Current Directory:** to go
   back up.
3. To download a file, select it or use the download action on its row. Downloads are for files;
   selecting a folder opens it.

Refresh the list to show an object you uploaded a moment ago.

## Delete an object

With versioning on, deleting an object leaves it as a previous version. Deleting one version removes
only that version, for good. See
[Use object versioning](/tir/tir-object-storage/how-to/use-object-versioning/).

1. Use the delete action on the object's row. **Delete Dataset Object** asks "Are you sure you
   want to delete data: `<name>`?".
2. Confirm. The portal shows "`<name>` deleted successfully".

To delete with an S3 tool, use `mc rm` or `s3cmd del`. To clear the whole bucket at once, use
[Empty a bucket](/tir/tir-object-storage/how-to/empty-a-bucket/).

A version under retention or a legal hold is protected from deletion. If you try to delete it, TIR gives the reason EOS reports.
See [Lock one object version or place a legal hold](/tir/tir-object-storage/how-to/lock-an-object-version/)
and [Troubleshooting TIR Object Storage](/tir/tir-object-storage/troubleshooting/tir-object-storage/).