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Snapshot Droplets and Volumes

To snapshot a Droplet:

1. Shut down the Droplet with sudo shutdown -h now.
2. Go to the Droplets page, then click the Droplet you want to snapshot.
3. From the Droplet’s page, click Snapshots, then click Take Snapshot.

You can also take a live snapshot by following the same steps without powering down your Droplet.

To snapshot a volume:

1. Go to the Volumes page.
2. Open the More menu for the volume you want to snapshot, then click Take Snapshot.

Create Droplets and Volumes from Snapshots

To create a new Droplet from a snapshot:

1. On the Droplet create page, under Choose an image, select Snapshots.
2. Choose the snapshot you’d like to create the Droplet from.
3. Fill out the rest of the choices on the create page, then click Create.

To create a new volume from a snapshot:

1. Go to the Snapshots tab of the Backups & Snapshots page, then click Volumes.
2. Select any volume snapshot, click its More menu, and click Create Volume.
3. In the window that opens, choose the size of the new volume, then click Create Volume.

Delete Snapshots

To permanently delete a snapshot:

1. Go to the Snapshots tab of the Backups & Snapshots page.
2. From a snapshot’s More menu, click Delete.
3. Confirm the deletion by clicking Delete Snapshot in the window that opens.