---
title: Manage buckets
description: Manage buckets in InfluxDB using the InfluxDB UI or the influx CLI.
url: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v2/admin/buckets/
estimated_tokens: 542
product: InfluxDB OSS v2
version: v2
---

# Manage buckets

This page documents an earlier version of InfluxDB OSS. [InfluxDB 3 Core](/influxdb3/core/) is the latest stable version.

#### API token hashing is enabled by default in InfluxDB OSS 2.9.0

Stronger token security: tokens are stored as hashes on disk, so a copy of the database file doesn’t expose usable tokens. Existing tokens are hashed on first startup and the original strings can’t be recovered afterward — **capture any plaintext tokens you still need before you upgrade**.

For more information, see [Token hashing](/influxdb/v2/admin/tokens/#token-hashing).

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/v2/admin/buckets/create-bucket/)

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

### [Update a bucket](/influxdb/v2/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/v2/admin/buckets/view-buckets/)

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

### [Delete a bucket](/influxdb/v2/admin/buckets/delete-bucket/)

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

[buckets](/influxdb/v2/tags/buckets/)