# Specify a query result location using the Athena console
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Before you can run a query, a query result bucket location in Amazon S3 must be specified, or you must use a workgroup that has specified a bucket and whose configuration overrides client settings.

**To specify a client-side setting query result location using the Athena console**

1. [Switch](switching-workgroups.md) to the workgroup for which you want to specify a query results location. The name of the default workgroup is **primary**.

1. From the navigation bar, choose **Settings**.

1. From the navigation bar, choose **Manage**.

1. For **Manage settings**, do one of the following:
   + In the **Location of query result** box, enter the path to the bucket that you created in Amazon S3 for your query results. Prefix the path with `s3://`.
   + Choose **Browse S3**, choose the Amazon S3 bucket that you created for your current Region, and then choose **Choose**.
**Note**  
If you are using a workgroup that specifies a query result location for all users of the workgroup, the option to change the query result location is unavailable.

1. (Optional) Choose **View lifecycle configuration** to view and configure the [Amazon S3 lifecycle rules](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/object-lifecycle-mgmt.html) on your query results bucket. The Amazon S3 lifecycle rules that you create can be either expiration rules or transition rules. Expiration rules automatically delete query results after a certain amount of time. Transition rules move them to another Amazon S3 storage tier. For more information, see [Setting lifecycle configuration on a bucket](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/how-to-set-lifecycle-configuration-intro.html) in the Amazon Simple Storage Service User Guide.

1. (Optional) For **Expected bucket owner**, enter the ID of the AWS account that you expect to be the owner of the output location bucket. This is an added security measure. If the account ID of the bucket owner does not match the ID that you specify here, attempts to output to the bucket will fail. For in-depth information, see [Verifying bucket ownership with bucket owner condition](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/bucket-owner-condition.html) in the *Amazon S3 User Guide*.
**Note**  
The expected bucket owner setting applies only to the Amazon S3 output location that you specify for Athena query results. It does not apply to other Amazon S3 locations like data source locations in external Amazon S3 buckets, `CTAS` and `INSERT INTO` destination table locations, `UNLOAD` statement output locations, operations to spill buckets for federated queries, or `SELECT` queries run against a table in another account.

1. (Optional) Choose **Encrypt query results** if you want to encrypt the query results stored in Amazon S3. For more information about encryption in Athena, see [Encryption at rest](encryption.md).

1. (Optional) Choose **Assign bucket owner full control over query results** to grant full control access over query results to the bucket owner when [ACLs are enabled](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/about-object-ownership.html) for the query result bucket. For example, if your query result location is owned by another account, you can grant ownership and full control over your query results to the other account. For more information, see [Controlling ownership of objects and disabling ACLs for your bucket](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/about-object-ownership.html) in the *Amazon S3 User Guide*.

1. Choose **Save**.