Open it
Services → Storage, then click a bucket. A breadcrumb shows where you are; click a part to go up.The list
Folders appear first, then files, with Name, Size, Type, Modified. Click a folder to open it; click a file to open its panel. If a folder or bucket is empty it says No objects here.Folders
Storage has no real folders; a “folder” is a shared key prefix. Studio shows them as folders anyway.- New folder asks for a name and creates it.
- To remove a folder it must be empty: delete its files first, then the folder.
Upload
Click Upload, choose a file. It’s stored at the current folder plus the file name and a toast confirms. Uploading to an existing name replaces that file. Studio enforces the bucket’s Accepted types and Largest file on uploads too.A file’s panel
Click a file. The panel has three tabs.Overview
- Rename or move takes a new key. Because links are tied to the key, renaming or moving a file revokes its share links.
- Delete asks you to confirm. There is no recycle bin.
- Files too large to preview say Too large to preview. Download it instead.
Sharing
Create and revoke temporary links. See Share links.Transform
Try a resize or conversion on an image and copy the resulting address. See Images.Handy uses
- Check what an app uploaded and whether the key has the pattern you expect (
<user id>/…). - Fix a bad upload: replace it by uploading the correct file with the same name.
- Send a document to a customer: open it, Sharing, create a link.
- Clean up test files before launch.
Share links
Links for people without accounts.
Troubleshooting
When uploads fail.