Step 3: Download an object - Amazon Simple Storage Service

Step 3: Download an object

After you upload an object to a bucket, you can view information about your object and download the object to your local computer.

Note

For more information about using the Amazon S3 Express One Zone storage class with directory buckets, see What is S3 Express One Zone? and Directory buckets.

Using the S3 console

This section explains how to use the Amazon S3 console to download an object from an S3 bucket.

Note
  • You can download only one object at a time.

  • If you use the Amazon S3 console to download an object whose key name ends with a period (.), the period is removed from the key name of the downloaded object. To retain the period at the end of the name of the downloaded object, you must use the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI), AWS SDKs, or Amazon S3 REST API.

To download an object from an S3 bucket
  1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the Amazon S3 console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/s3/.

  2. In the Buckets list, choose the name of the bucket that you want to download an object from.

  3. You can download an object from an S3 bucket in any of the following ways:

    • Select the check box next to the object, and choose Download. If you want to download the object to a specific folder, on the Actions menu, choose Download as.

    • If you want to download a specific version of the object, turn on Show versions (located next to the search box). Select the check box next to the version of the object that you want, and choose Download. If you want to download the object to a specific folder, on the Actions menu, choose Download as.

You've successfully downloaded your object.

Next step

To copy and paste your object within Amazon S3, see Step 4: Copy your object to a folder.