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title: Manage buckets
description: Manage buckets in InfluxDB using the InfluxDB UI or the influx CLI.
url: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/admin/buckets/
estimated_tokens: 425
product: InfluxDB Cloud (TSM)
version: cloud
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# Manage buckets

A **bucket** is a named location where time series data is stored. All buckets have a **retention period**, a duration of time that each data point persists. InfluxDB drops all points with timestamps older than the bucket’s retention period. A bucket belongs to an organization.

The following articles provide information about managing buckets:

### [Create a bucket](/influxdb/cloud/admin/buckets/create-bucket/)

Create buckets to store time series data in InfluxDB Cloud using the InfluxDB UI, influx CLI, or InfluxDB HTTP API.

### [Update a bucket](/influxdb/cloud/admin/buckets/update-bucket/)

Update a bucket’s name or retention period in InfluxDB using the InfluxDB UI or the influx CLI.

### [View buckets](/influxdb/cloud/admin/buckets/view-buckets/)

View a list of all the buckets for an organization in InfluxDB using the InfluxDB UI, influx CLI, or InfluxDB HTTP API.

### [Delete a bucket](/influxdb/cloud/admin/buckets/delete-bucket/)

Delete a bucket from InfluxDB using the InfluxDB UI or the influx CLI

### [Manage bucket schemas](/influxdb/cloud/admin/buckets/bucket-schema/)

Manage explicit bucket schemas using the influx CLI or InfluxDB HTTP API. Optionally, ensure data you write follows a specific schema.

[buckets](/influxdb/cloud/tags/buckets/)