# Snapshots How-Tos

Generated on 27 Mar 2026

Snapshots are on-demand disk images of DigitalOcean Droplets and volumes saved to your account. Use them to create new Droplets and volumes with the same contents.

## Getting Started with Droplet Snapshots

[How to Create Snapshots of Droplets](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/snapshots/how-to/snapshot-droplets/index.html.md): Snapshot a Droplet to save the contents of the Droplet’s disk.

[How to Create or Restore Droplets from Snapshots](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/snapshots/how-to/create-and-restore-droplets/index.html.md): Create a new Droplet from a snapshot or restore a Droplet to an older point in time.

[How to Migrate Droplets Using DigitalOcean Snapshots](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/snapshots/how-to/migrate-droplets/index.html.md): Use snapshots to migrate a Droplet from one data center region to another.

## Getting Started with Volume Snapshots

[How to Create Snapshots of Volumes](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/snapshots/how-to/snapshot-volumes/index.html.md): Snapshot a volume to save the contents of the volume’s disk.

[How to Create Volumes from Snapshots](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/snapshots/how-to/create-volumes/index.html.md): Create a new volume from a snapshot.

## Snapshot Management

[How to Add Droplet Snapshots to Other Regions](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/snapshots/how-to/change-regions/index.html.md): Add a Droplet snapshot to additional regions to create Droplets based on it in those regions.

[How to Transfer a Droplet Snapshot to a Different Team](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/snapshots/how-to/transfer/index.html.md): Transfer Droplet snapshots to another DigitalOcean team to effectively migrate a Droplet to another owner.

[How to Delete Snapshots](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/snapshots/how-to/delete/index.html.md): Delete a snapshot to permanently remove it from your account.