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23 lines
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title: Manage buckets
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seotitle: Manage buckets in InfluxDB
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description: Manage buckets in InfluxDB using the InfluxDB UI or the influx CLI.
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menu:
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influxdb_v2:
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name: Manage buckets
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parent: Administer InfluxDB
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weight: 11
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aliases:
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- /influxdb/v2/organizations/buckets/
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influxdb/v2/tags: [buckets]
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---
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A **bucket** is a named location where time series data is stored.
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All buckets have a **retention period**, a duration of time that each data point persists.
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InfluxDB drops all points with timestamps older than the bucket's retention period.
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A bucket belongs to an organization.
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The following articles provide information about managing buckets:
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