# Volume How-Tos

Generated on 27 Mar 2026

Volumes are network-attached block storage. You can use them with Droplets or Kubernetes clusters, move or resize them, and create snapshots at any time.

## Getting Started

[How to Create and Set Up Volumes for Use with Droplets](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/volumes/how-to/create/index.html.md): Create, format, and mount volumes for use with Droplets.

[How to Increase the Size of DigitalOcean Volumes Block Storage](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/volumes/how-to/increase-size/index.html.md): Resize a volume and expand its filesystem to use the additional space.

## Volume Management

[How to Detach and Delete Volumes](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/volumes/how-to/delete-detach/index.html.md): Detach or permanently delete volumes from Droplets.

[How to Mount and Unmount Volumes](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/volumes/how-to/mount-unmount/index.html.md): Manually mount, persistently mount, and unmount volumes on Droplets.

## Partition Management

[How to Create Partitions on DigitalOcean Volumes Block Storage](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/volumes/how-to/partition/index.html.md): Create partitions on a DigitalOcean volume and format them with a Linux filesystem.

[How to Expand Partitions After Resizing a Volume](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/volumes/how-to/expand-partitions/index.html.md): Expand the last partition and filesystem on a resized volume.