Services or capabilities described in Amazon Web Services documentation might vary by Region. To see the differences applicable to the China Regions,
see Getting Started with Amazon Web Services in China
(PDF).
Adding and removing favorites
To access your frequently used services more quickly, you can save their service
consoles to a list of Favorites.
Adding favorites
You can add services to your favorites from the Services menu or the search results page from the search box.
- Services menu
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To add favorites from the Services menu
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Open the Amazon Web Services Management Console.
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In the navigation bar, choose Services.
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(Optional) Add a recently visited service to your favorites:
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In Recently visited, hover your cursor over a service.
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Select the star next to the service's name.
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Choose All services.
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Hover your cursor over your chosen service.
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Select the star next to the service's name.
- Search box
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To add favorites from the search box
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Open the Amazon Web Services Management Console.
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Enter the name of a service in the search box.
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In the search results page, select the star next to the service's name.
After you add a service to your favorites, it's added to the favorites quickbar following the navigation bar.
Favorites quickbar
The favorites quickbar appears when you have at least one Amazon service added to your favorites. The favorites quickbar is located following the navigation bar
and is visible in all Amazon service consoles, so you can quickly access your favorite services. You can rearrange the order of the services in the favorites quickbar
by dragging a service to the left or right.
Accessing favorites
You can access your favorited services from the Services menu, the favorites quickbar, and the Favorites widget.
- Services menu
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To access your favorites from the Services menu
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Open the Amazon Web Services Management Console.
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In the navigation bar, choose Services.
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Choose Favorites.
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View the services you added to your favorites.
- Favorites quickbar
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- Favorites widget
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To access your favorite services from the Favorites widget
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Open the Amazon Web Services Management Console.
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(Optional) Add the Favorites widget if you don't have it:
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Choose the + Add widgets button on the Console Home page.
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In the Add widgets menu, drag the
Favorites widget by using the ⋮⋮ icon and place it on your Console Home page.
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View the services in the Favorites widget.
For more information about widgets, see Working with widgets.
Removing favorites
You can remove services from your favorites using the Services menu or the search results page from the search bar.
- Services menu
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To remove favorites from the Services menu
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Open the Amazon Web Services Management Console.
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In the navigation bar, choose Services.
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Choose Favorites.
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Deselect the star next to the service's name.
- Search box
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To remove favorites from the search box
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Open the Amazon Web Services Management Console.
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Enter the name of a service in the search box.
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In the search results page, deselect the star next to the service's name.