AmazonS3ExpressFullAccess

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Summary

Provides full access to all S3 directory buckets.

Permissions imported from the AWS Managed Policy Reference Guide; other sections pending editorial review.

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonS3ExpressFullAccess
Default version: v1
Created: 2026-04-03
Last edited: 2026-04-03
Services: s3express

Control-plane actions (28)

By access level: 3 List, 6 Permissions management, 8 Read, 2 Tagging, 9 Write.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
S3 Express	All 28 actions (see the S3 Express page)	3 List, 6 Permissions management, 8 Read, 2 Tagging, 9 Write; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	s3express:*

Data-plane actions (0)

By access level: none.

This policy grants no actions in this plane.

Excluded and conditional actions

No patterns are excluded by NotAction or Deny statements.

Resource scope and attachment

Resource scope across granted actions: all-resources.

Can be attached: Yes, to users, groups and roles.

Why this tier

Grants at least 80% of the write and permissions-management actions of: s3express (15 of 15).
15 granted write or permissions-management actions have no data-plane classification from AWS, so the data-plane rule cannot assess them.

Guidance

Pending editorial review. The permission data on this page comes straight from AWS; this section will be filled in once a reviewed guide exists.

Same service

AmazonS3ExpressReadOnlyAccess

Same domain

Frequently asked questions

Pending editorial review. The permission data on this page comes straight from AWS; this section will be filled in once a reviewed guide exists.

Policy JSON

Download policy.json

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "S3ExpressFullAccess",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "s3express:*",
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v1, edited by AWS on 2026-04-03. Version history is recorded from 2026-11-11. Earlier versions are in the IAM console under Policy versions.

Attach snippets

AWS CLI

aws iam attach-role-policy --role-name ROLE_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonS3ExpressFullAccess
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonS3ExpressFullAccess
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonS3ExpressFullAccess

CloudFormation

Resources:
  ExampleRole:
    Type: AWS::IAM::Role
    Properties:
      AssumeRolePolicyDocument: {}  # replace with your trust policy
      ManagedPolicyArns:
        - arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonS3ExpressFullAccess

Terraform

resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "amazons3expressfullaccess" {
  role       = aws_iam_role.example.name
  policy_arn = "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonS3ExpressFullAccess"
}

CDK (TypeScript)

role.addManagedPolicy(
  iam.ManagedPolicy.fromAwsManagedPolicyName("AmazonS3ExpressFullAccess"),
);

Sources

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