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# Buckets

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With object storage, all of your objects are stored in buckets. Buckets do not contain folders that group the individual files, but instead, buckets have a flat structure which simplifies the way you access and retrieve the objects in your bucket.

Learn more about bucket level operations from the items below.

* [Create new buckets](https://66f4ea29.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/r2/buckets/create-buckets/)
* [Public buckets](https://66f4ea29.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/r2/buckets/public-buckets/)
* [Configure CORS](https://66f4ea29.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/r2/buckets/cors/)
* [Local uploads](https://66f4ea29.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/r2/buckets/local-uploads/)
* [Delete buckets](https://66f4ea29.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/r2/buckets/delete-buckets/)
* [Bucket locks](https://66f4ea29.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/r2/buckets/bucket-locks/)
* [Event notifications](https://66f4ea29.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/r2/buckets/event-notifications/)
* [Object lifecycles](https://66f4ea29.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/r2/buckets/object-lifecycles/)
* [Storage classes](https://66f4ea29.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/r2/buckets/storage-classes/)

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