# List your S3 Access Grants instances
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You can list your S3 Access Grants instances, including the instances that have been shared with you through Amazon Resource Access Manager (Amazon RAM).

You can list your S3 Access Grants instances by using the Amazon S3 console, the Amazon Command Line Interface (Amazon CLI), the Amazon S3 REST API, and the Amazon SDKs.

## Using the S3 console
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**To list your S3 Access Grants instances**

1. Sign in to the Amazon Web Services Management Console and open the Amazon S3 console at [https://console.amazonaws.cn/s3/](https://console.amazonaws.cn/s3/).

1. In the left navigation pane, choose **Access Grants**.

1. On the **S3 Access Grants** page, choose the Region that contains the S3 Access Grants instance that you want to work with.

1. The **S3 Access Grants** page lists your S3 Access Grants instances and any cross-account instances that have been shared with your account. To view the details of an instance, choose **View details**. 

## Using the Amazon CLI
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To install the Amazon CLI, see [Installing the Amazon CLI](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/cli/latest/userguide/getting-started-install.html) in the *Amazon Command Line Interface User Guide*. 

To use the following example command, replace the `{{user input placeholders}}` with your own information.

**Example – List all S3 Access Grants instances for an account**  
This action lists the S3 Access Grants instances for an account. You can only have one S3 Access Grants instance per Amazon Web Services Region. This action also lists other cross-account S3 Access Grants instances that your account has access to.   

```
aws s3control list-access-grants-instances \
 --account-id {{111122223333}} \
 --region {{us-east-2}}
```
Response:  

```
{
    "AccessGrantsInstanceArn": "arn:aws-cn:s3:{{us-east-2}}: {{111122223333}}:access-grants/default",
    "AccessGrantsInstanceId": "default",
    "CreatedAt": "{{2023-05-31T17:54:07.893000+00:00}}"
}
```

## Using the REST API
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For information about the Amazon S3 REST API support for managing an S3 Access Grants instance, see the following sections in the *Amazon Simple Storage Service API Reference*:
+  [https://docs.amazonaws.cn/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_control_ListAccessGrantsInstances.html](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_control_ListAccessGrantsInstances.html) 

## Using the Amazon SDKs
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This section provides examples of how to get the details of an S3 Access Grants instance by using the Amazon SDKs.

To use the following examples, replace the `{{user input placeholders}}` with your own information.

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**Example – List all S3 Access Grants instances for an account**  
This action lists the S3 Access Grants instances for an account. You can only have one S3 Access Grants instance per Region. This action can also list other cross-account S3 Access Grants instances that your account has access to.   

```
public void listAccessGrantsInstances() {
ListAccessGrantsInstancesRequest listRequest = ListAccessGrantsInstancesRequest.builder()
.accountId("{{111122223333}}")
.build();
ListAccessGrantsInstancesResponse listResponse = s3Control.listAccessGrantsInstances(listRequest);
LOGGER.info("ListAccessGrantsInstancesResponse: " + listResponse);
}
```
Response:  

```
ListAccessGrantsInstancesResponse(
AccessGrantsInstancesList=[
ListAccessGrantsInstanceEntry(
AccessGrantsInstanceId=default,
AccessGrantsInstanceArn=arn:aws-cn:s3:{{us-east-2}}:{{111122223333}}:access-grants/default,
CreatedAt={{2023-06-07T04:28:11.728Z}}
)
]
)
```

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