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title: Manage buckets
seotitle: Manage buckets in InfluxDB
description: Manage buckets in InfluxDB using the InfluxDB UI or the influx CLI.
menu:
  influxdb_v2:
    name: Manage buckets
    parent: Administer InfluxDB
weight: 11
aliases:
  - /influxdb/v2/organizations/buckets/
influxdb/v2/tags: [buckets]
---

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:

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