# Snapshots – DigitalOcean Documentation > Create snapshots to save on-demand copies of DigitalOcean Droplets or volumes to your account. Use snapshots to create new Droplets and volumes with the same contents. - [Snapshots Support](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/snapshots/support/index.html.md): Get help with technical support and answers to frequently asked questions. ## Getting Started with Snapshots Quickstarts and intermediate tutorials to get started. - [Snapshots Quickstart](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/snapshots/getting-started/quickstart/index.html.md): Just the essentials to go from zero to working in a few minutes. ## Snapshots How-Tos How to accomplish specific tasks in detail, like creation/deletion, configuration, and management. - [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. - [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. - [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. ## Snapshots Details Features, plans and pricing, availability, limits, known issues, and more. - [Snapshots Features](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/snapshots/details/features/index.html.md): Snapshots provide a full copy of a DigitalOcean Droplet or volume. Creating a snapshot saves everything from the Droplet or volume’s disk to a disk image saved in your DigitalOcean account. You can use snapshots to archive a Droplet or volume at a point in … - [Snapshots Pricing](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/snapshots/details/pricing/index.html.md): Snapshots are charged at $0.06 per GB per month for Droplets and $0.06 per GiB per month for volumes. There is a minimum charge of $0.01, which may apply for very small snapshots or snapshots that exist only for a short time. Pricing is based on the size … - [Snapshots Availability](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/snapshots/details/availability/index.html.md): Snapshots are available for all Droplets and volumes across all regions. - [Snapshots Limits](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/snapshots/details/limits/index.html.md): Limits and known issues for snapshots. ## Snapshots Support Technical support articles for Snapshots. - [Can I restore individual files or directories from a snapshot or a backup?](https://docs.digitalocean.com/support/can-i-restore-individual-files-or-directories-from-a-snapshot-or-a-backup/index.html.md): The only way to restore files from an image is to recreate a Droplet or volume from the image and copy the flies from there. - [Why can't I create a Droplet from a snapshot?](https://docs.digitalocean.com/support/why-cant-i-create-a-droplet-from-a-snapshot/index.html.md): You cannot create Droplets in certain datacenters due to limited capacity. If you have snapshots in a limited capacity datacenter, transfer them to another datacenter to create Droplets from them. - [Can I downsize a Droplet using a snapshot?](https://docs.digitalocean.com/support/can-i-downsize-a-droplet-using-a-snapshot/index.html.md): You cannot downsize a Droplet from a snapshot. Data is not always stored sequentially in memory, so reducing the size of a disk can result in data loss or corruption. When creating a snapshot, the entire disk is imaged, not only the data present on the … - [Why is my snapshot's size different from reported disk usage?](https://docs.digitalocean.com/support/why-is-my-snapshots-size-different-from-reported-disk-usage/index.html.md): Snapshots of Droplets are a best estimate based on the disk usage. Snapshots of volumes operate at the block storage level, so the snapshot size may not match what the filesystem reports. The filesystem may not immediately mark blocks as unused, which … - [How do I fix a "The resource you were accessing could not be found" error when restoring a Droplet from a snapshot?](https://docs.digitalocean.com/support/how-do-i-fix-a-the-resource-you-were-accessing-could-not-be-found-error-when-restoring-a-droplet-from-a-snapshot/index.html.md): This error happens when the Droplet you're trying to restore no longer exists, so try creating a new Droplet from the snapshot instead. - [Do snapshots retain the IP address of the Droplet they were created from?](https://docs.digitalocean.com/support/do-snapshots-retain-the-ip-address-of-the-droplet-they-were-created-from/index.html.md): No, but you can use reserved IPs to assign the same address to new or redeployed Droplets. - [Can I download a backup or snapshot?](https://docs.digitalocean.com/support/can-i-download-a-backup-or-snapshot/index.html.md): You cannot currently download DigitalOcean backups or snapshots, but you can use third-party tools to save your data locally. - [How long will my backup or snapshot take to complete?](https://docs.digitalocean.com/support/how-long-will-my-backup-or-snapshot-take-to-complete/index.html.md): Creating a backup or snapshot takes roughly 2 minutes per GB of used space.