Reserved IP Quickstart

Validated on 27 Feb 2025 • Last edited on 9 Jun 2026

DigitalOcean Reserved IPs are publicly-accessible static IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. Assign and reassign reserved IP addresses to Droplets as needed, or implement an automated failover mechanism with reserved IPs to build a high availability infrastructure.

Create and Assign Reserved IPs

To create a reserved IP:

  1. From the Control Panel, click Create at the top, then click Reserved IP. This opens the Add a Reserved IP window.
  2. Under What type of IP do you want to reserve, select IPv4 Address or IPv6 Address.
  3. Under Where would you like to add the IP, select Assign to Droplet to assign the reserved IP to an existing Droplet, or Reserve in Datacenter Region to reserve it for later use in a particular datacenter.
  4. Choose a Droplet from the Search for a Droplet field, or choose a datacenter and project, then click Add a Reserved IP to this Droplet or Add an Unassigned Reserved IP.

Reassign Reserved IPs

To reassign a reserved IP to a different Droplet:

  1. Click Networking in the main menu, then click Reserved IPs.
  2. Open the (More) menu of the reserved IP you want to reassign and click Reassign.
  3. In Search for a Droplet, choose the new target Droplet.

Unassign Reserved IPs

To unassign a reserved IP:

  1. Click Networking in the main menu, then click Reserved IPs.
  2. Open the (More) menu of the reserved IP you want to unassign and click Unassign.

Assigned reserved IPv4 addresses are free, but unassigned reserved IPv4 addresses are not. Learn more about reserved IP pricing.

Delete Reserved IPs

To delete a reserved IP:

  1. Click Networking in the main menu, then click Reserved IPs.
  2. Open the (More) menu of the reserved IP you want to delete and click Delete.
  3. In the confirmation, click Delete Reserved IP.

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