# Step 2: Upload a File to Your Amazon S3 Bucket
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Now that you've created a bucket, you're ready to add an object to it. An object can be any kind of file: a document, a photo, a video, a music file, or other file type.

1. In the Amazon S3 console, choose the bucket where you want to upload an object, choose **Upload**, and then choose **Add Files**.  
![\[Empty S3 bucket named quickstartexamplebucket with Upload and Create Folder options.\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/quickstarts/latest/s3backup/images/s3-upload-1.png)

1. In the file selection dialog box, find the file that you want to upload, choose it, choose **Open**, and then choose **Start Upload**.

   You can watch the progress of the upload in the **Transfer** pane.   
![\[Upload dialog showing Add Files button, with 0 files added and Start Upload button highlighted.\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/quickstarts/latest/s3backup/images/s3-upload-2.png)