If you use the upload button in S3, you will only be able to upload files and not directories: However, you can simply drag and drop the folder in your web browser and it will upload all of the desired contents: Make sure you drag it over the list of…
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If you use the upload button in S3, you will only be able to upload files and not directories:
![Image 28](https://media.serveracademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/17172506/image-28.png)
However, you can simply drag and drop the folder in your web browser and it will upload all of the desired contents:
![Image 36](https://media.serveracademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/17172502/image-36-1280x729.png)
Make sure you drag it over the list of files and directories. When you do this you will get the normal window for uploading S3:
![Image 30](https://media.serveracademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/17172505/image-30.png)
On the next screen you need to decide whether or not you want to grant public access to the files:
![Image 32](https://media.serveracademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/17172504/image-32.png)
Now you need to decide if the default properties will work for you or not. Most of the time I don’t need to change these settings, but your scenario could be different:
![Image 33](https://media.serveracademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/17172504/image-33.png)
Click next and you will reach the review screen. Click Upload:
![Image 34](https://media.serveracademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/17172503/image-34.png)
Now you can see the upload is in progress at the bottom of the screen and the directory has been added to my S3 bucket:
![Image 35](https://media.serveracademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/17172503/image-35-1280x788.png)
And that’s it!