IAM permissions for the Google Cloud console

The following page discusses the Identity and Access Management (IAM) permissions required to perform actions within the Cloud Storage portion of the Google Cloud console. IAM permissions are bundled together to make roles, and you grant roles to users and groups.

Common permissions required for using the Google Cloud console

Certain permissions are broadly necessary in order to use the Google Cloud console:

• All actions involving buckets should include resourcemanager.projects.get and storage.buckets.list permissions at the project level.

  These permissions allow you to access the Buckets page, where you create, view, and update buckets.

• All actions that include a billing project in the request require serviceusage.services.use permission for the project that's specified.

  This permission ensures you are authorized to bill the project you specify. Including a billing project is used, for example, when accessing a bucket with Requester Pays enabled.

Permissions required for specific actions

Action	Required IAM Permissions (in addition to those listed above)
Create a bucket	storage.buckets.create storage.buckets.enableObjectRetention^1
Attach a tag to a bucket	storage.buckets.createTagBinding
List or filter buckets	No additional permissions
List tags directly attached to a bucket	storage.buckets.listTagBindings
List both inherited tags and tags directly attached to a bucket	storage.buckets.listEffectiveTags
View the following bucket information: Location, replication status, and default storage class Protection settings Bucket labels Object lifecycle policies Public access prevention status Uniform bucket-level access status Autoclass status Website configuration	storage.buckets.get
Change the following bucket settings: Protection settings Default storage class Bucket labels Object lifecycle policies Uniform bucket-level access status Autoclass status Website configuration Object retention configurations	storage.buckets.get storage.buckets.update storage.buckets.enableObjectRetention^1
Enable the Requester Pays feature	storage.buckets.get storage.buckets.update
Disable the Requester Pays feature	storage.buckets.get storage.buckets.update resourcemanager.projects.createBillingAssignment^3
Change the public access prevention setting	storage.buckets.get storage.buckets.setIamPolicy storage.buckets.update
Change bucket permissions	storage.buckets.get storage.buckets.getIamPolicy storage.buckets.setIamPolicy storage.buckets.update
Delete an empty bucket	storage.buckets.delete storage.objects.list
Delete a non-empty bucket	storage.buckets.delete storage.objects.delete storage.objects.list
Detach a tag from a bucket	storage.buckets.deleteTagBinding
Create a folder	storage.folders.create
Get the metadata of a folder	storage.folders.get
List folders	storage.folders.list
Rename folders	storage.folders.rename (for the source bucket) storage.folders.create (for the destination bucket)
Delete folders	storage.folders.delete
Upload an object or folder of objects	storage.objects.create storage.objects.delete^2 storage.objects.setRetention^4
View the details for an object^5	storage.objects.get storage.objects.list
View the version history of an object	storage.objects.get storage.objects.list
Download an object^5 or folder of objects	storage.objects.get storage.objects.list
List objects in a bucket, including noncurrent objects and soft-deleted objects	storage.objects.list
Determine if an object is publicly accessible^5	storage.buckets.getIamPolicy storage.objects.list storage.objects.getIamPolicy^7
Rename an object or restore a noncurrent version of an object	storage.objects.create storage.objects.delete storage.objects.get storage.objects.list storage.objects.getIamPolicy^7 storage.objects.setIamPolicy^7
Copy an object	storage.objects.create (for the destination bucket) storage.objects.delete^2 (for the destination bucket) storage.objects.get (for the source object) storage.objects.list (for the source bucket and destination bucket) storage.objects.getIamPolicy^7,8 (for the source object) storage.objects.setIamPolicy^7,8 (for the destination bucket)
Move an object	storage.objects.create (for the destination bucket) storage.objects.delete^2 (for the destination bucket) storage.objects.delete (for the source bucket) storage.objects.get (for the source object) storage.objects.list (for the source bucket and destination bucket) storage.objects.getIamPolicy^7,8 (for the source object) storage.objects.setIamPolicy^7,8 (for the destination bucket)
View an object's access permissions^5,6	storage.objects.get storage.objects.list storage.objects.getIamPolicy
Edit an object's access permissions^5,6	storage.objects.get storage.objects.list storage.objects.getIamPolicy storage.objects.setIamPolicy storage.objects.update
Edit an object's metadata^5	storage.objects.get storage.objects.list storage.objects.update
Add, change, or remove a retention configuration on an object^5	storage.objects.get storage.objects.list storage.objects.update storage.objects.setRetention storage.objects.overrideUnlockedRetention^9
Add or remove a hold on an object^5	storage.objects.get storage.objects.list storage.objects.update
Delete an object^5, a noncurrent version of an object, or a folder of objects	storage.objects.delete storage.objects.list
Restore a deleted object	storage.objects.create storage.objects.delete^2 storage.objects.list storage.objects.restore
Bulk restore deleted objects	storage.objects.create storage.objects.delete^10 storage.objects.restore storage.buckets.restore storage.objects.setIamPolicy^7^,11
View the name of a project's Cloud Storage service agent	resourcemanager.projects.get
View the service account HMAC keys for a project	resourcemanager.projects.get storage.hmacKeys.list
Create an HMAC key for a service account	resourcemanager.projects.get storage.hmacKeys.list storage.hmacKeys.create
Disable or re-enable an HMAC key for a service account	resourcemanager.projects.get storage.hmacKeys.list storage.hmacKeys.update
Delete an HMAC key for a service account	resourcemanager.projects.get storage.hmacKeys.list storage.hmacKeys.delete
Create, view, or delete an HMAC key for the user account you are logged in as	resourcemanager.projects.get

¹This permission is only required when enabling a bucket to support object retention configurations.

²This permission is only required if an object with the same name already exists in the destination bucket.

³This permission is only required if you do not include a billing project in your request. See Requester Pays Use and access requirements for more information.

⁴This permission is only required when adding a retention configuration as part of uploading the object.

⁵This action does not require storage.objects.list if it's performed on the details page for the relevant object and you don't access the details page from the overall list of objects for the bucket.

⁶This action does not apply to buckets with uniform bucket-level access enabled.

⁷This permission does not apply to buckets with uniform bucket-level access enabled.

⁸This permission is only required when keeping the permissions currently applied to the source object.

⁹This permission is required when changing an existing retention configuration such that the configuration becomes locked, reduced, or removed.

¹⁰This permission is only required if an object with the same name already exists in the destination bucket and you select the Overwrite live objects option.

¹¹ This permission is only required when selecting the Copy source access controls (ACLs) option.

What's next

• For a list of roles and the permissions they contain, see IAM roles for Cloud Storage.

• Grant IAM roles at the project and bucket level.