Accessing favorites in the Amazon Web Services Management Console - Amazon Web Services Management Console
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Accessing favorites in the Amazon Web Services Management Console

You can access services and applications added to your favorites from the Services menu, the favorites quickbar, and the Favorites widget.

Services menu
To access your favorites from the Services menu

  1. Open the Amazon Web Services Management Console.

  2. In the navigation bar, choose Services (⋮⋮⋮).

  3. Choose Favorites.

  4. View the services and applications you added to your favorites.

  5. (Optional) View application resources:

    1. Select an application.

    2. (Optional) Select a view.

    3. View your resources.

    4. (Optional) Select a filter. You can filter your resources by Properties or by Tags. For more information, see Search query syntax reference for Resource Explorer in the Amazon Resource Explorer User Guide.

    5. (Optional) Select a resource to view it in the relevant service console.

      Tip

      You can continue browsing resources where you left off by choosing Services (⋮⋮⋮). Your applied search filters will also persist.

Favorites quickbar
To access your favorites from the favorites quickbar

  1. Open the Amazon Web Services Management Console.

  2. View the services and applications in the favorites quickbar.

Favorites widget
To access your favorites from the Favorites widget

  1. Open the Amazon Web Services Management Console.

  2. (Optional) Add the Favorites widget if you don't have it:

    1. Choose the + Add widgets button on the Console Home page.

    2. In the Add widgets menu, drag the Favorites widget by using the ⋮⋮ icon and place it on your Console Home page.

  3. View the services and applications in the Favorites widget.

For more information about widgets, see Working with widgets in Amazon Web Services Console Home.