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ferhat elmasandChris Chinchilla 777871aa68 feat(docs): add storage operation RLS helpers (#43859)
## What kind of change does this PR introduce?

Docs

## What is the new behavior?

Documents new Storage operation RLS helpers.
 
## Additional context

Related to https://github.com/supabase/storage/pull/903

Signed-off-by: ferhat elmas <elmas.ferhat@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Chris Chinchilla <chris.ward@supabase.io>
2026-05-05 09:07:09 +00:00

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---
id: 'storage-access-control'
title: 'Storage Access Control'
description: 'Learn how to restrict Supabase file uploads.'
sidebar_label: 'Uploads'
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---
Supabase Storage is designed to work perfectly with Postgres [Row Level Security](/docs/guides/database/postgres/row-level-security) (RLS).
You can use RLS to create [Security Access Policies](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-createpolicy.html) that are incredibly powerful and flexible, allowing you to restrict access based on your business needs.
## Access policies
By default Storage does not allow any uploads to buckets without RLS policies. You selectively allow certain operations by creating RLS policies on the `storage.objects` table.
You can find the documentation for the storage schema [here](/docs/guides/storage/schema/design) , and to simplify the process of crafting your policies, you can utilize these [helper functions](/docs/guides/storage/schema/helper-functions) .
If you need different `SELECT` policies for different Storage actions, such as listing objects versus reading authenticated objects, use the operation-aware helpers `storage.allow_only_operation()` and `storage.allow_any_operation()` documented in [Storage Helper Functions](/docs/guides/storage/schema/helper-functions).
<Admonition type="note">
The RLS policies required for different operations are documented [here](/docs/reference/javascript/storage-createbucket)
</Admonition>
For example, the only RLS policy required for [uploading](/docs/reference/javascript/storage-from-upload) objects is to grant the `INSERT` permission to the `storage.objects` table.
To allow overwriting files using the `upsert` functionality you will need to additionally grant `SELECT` and `UPDATE` permissions.
## Policy examples
An easy way to get started would be to create RLS policies for `SELECT`, `INSERT`, `UPDATE`, `DELETE` operations and restrict the policies to meet your security requirements. For example, one can start with the following `INSERT` policy:
```sql
create policy "policy_name"
ON storage.objects
for insert with check (
true
);
```
and modify it to only allow authenticated users to upload assets to a specific bucket by changing it to:
```sql
create policy "policy_name"
on storage.objects for insert to authenticated with check (
-- restrict bucket
bucket_id = 'my_bucket_id'
);
```
This example demonstrates how you would allow authenticated users to upload files to a folder called `private` inside `my_bucket_id`:
```sql
create policy "Allow authenticated uploads"
on storage.objects
for insert
to authenticated
with check (
bucket_id = 'my_bucket_id' and
(storage.foldername(name))[1] = 'private'
);
```
This example demonstrates how you would allow authenticated users to upload files to a folder called with their `users.id` inside `my_bucket_id`:
```sql
create policy "Allow authenticated uploads"
on storage.objects
for insert
to authenticated
with check (
bucket_id = 'my_bucket_id' and
(storage.foldername(name))[1] = (select auth.jwt()->>'sub')
);
```
Allow a user to access a file that was previously uploaded by the same user:
```sql
create policy "Individual user Access"
on storage.objects for select
to authenticated
using ( (select auth.jwt()->>'sub') = owner_id );
```
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## Bypassing access controls
If you exclusively use Storage from trusted clients, such as your own servers, and need to bypass the RLS policies, you can use the `service key` in the `Authorization` header. Service keys entirely bypass RLS policies, granting you unrestricted access to all Storage APIs.
Remember you should not share the service key publicly.