# Managing things with the registry
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You use the AWS IoT console, AWS IoT API, or the AWS CLI to interact with the registry. The following sections show how to use the CLI to work with the registry.

**When naming your thing objects:**
+ Don't use personally identifiable information in your thing name. The thing name can appear in unencrypted communications and reports. 

**Topics**
+ [Create a thing](create-thing.md)
+ [List things](list-things.md)
+ [Describe things](search-things.md)
+ [Update a thing](update-thing.md)
+ [Delete a thing](delete-thing.md)
+ [Attach a principal to a thing](attach-thing-principal.md)
+ [List things associated with a principal](list-principal-things.md)
+ [List principals associated with a thing](list-thing-principals.md)
+ [List things associated with a principal V2](list-principal-things-v2.md)
+ [List principals associated with a thing V2](list-thing-principals-v2.md)
+ [Detach a principal from a thing](detach-thing-principal.md)