---
title: Browse a bucket
description: "Move around a bucket's folders, jump straight to a path, refresh the list after someone else uploads, and see why you might not see everything."
section: Files
order: 10
audience: [owner, admin, member]
status: published
lastVerified: 2026-09-15
sources:
  - web/src/components/app/BucketBrowser.tsx
  - web/src/components/app/bucket-browser/ObjectsTable.tsx
  - web/src/components/app/bucket-browser/PathInput.tsx
  - src/objects/routes/objects.ts
---

Open **Overview** and select a bucket. You'll see its top-level folders and files.

<figure>
  <img src="/docs/screenshots/v1.3.2/browse-files-light.png" alt="File browser in public / PDFs, with Upload, New folder, and Refresh buttons, a PDFs/ path field and Go button, and one PDF row with size, modified date, and action icons." width="1766" height="528" loading="lazy" />
  <figcaption>From top to bottom: the toolbar, where you are, the path field, and the file list.</figcaption>
</figure>

## Getting around

- **Open a folder** by selecting its row.
- **Go back up** by selecting a folder name in the path above the list, like `public / PDFs`. **All buckets** at the top of the page takes you back to Overview.
- **Jump to a folder** by typing its path, like `reports/2026/`, in the path field and selecting **Go**.
- **Long folders** load more files as you scroll down.
- **Refresh** reloads the list, for example after someone else uploads.

Each file row shows its size and when it was last changed, then icons to [preview](/docs/files/preview/), [share](/docs/files/share-links/), [download, or delete](/docs/files/download-delete/) it. The toolbar has [Upload](/docs/files/upload/) and [New folder](/docs/files/create-folder/).

Bookmarking works: the page address includes the connection, bucket, and folder, so you can come straight back or send the address to a teammate with the same access.

## Why two people see different things

Owners see everything. Everyone else sees only what their roles allow, so two people opening the same bucket can see different folders.

If a role only gives you `reports/`, the bucket opens showing just a `reports/` folder. If a role denies a folder, that folder doesn't appear at all, rather than showing an error.

Missing something you expected? [Why can't I do this?](/docs/troubleshooting/permissions/) walks through how access is decided.