# How do I recover a deleted Droplet?

You can recover a deleted Droplet if you previously took a snapshot of the Droplet or enabled backups for the Droplet.

- **If you took a [snapshot of your Droplet](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/snapshots/how-to/snapshot-droplets/index.html.md) prior to deletion,** you can [create a new Droplet based on the snapshot image](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/snapshots/how-to/create-and-restore-droplets/index.html.md). Snapshots contain the data your Droplet contained at the time the snapshot was taken.
- **If you \[used SnapShooter for Droplet backups]((/products/snapshooter/how-to/back-up-droplets/)**, SnapShooter automatically created snapshots for you, so you can restore from those snapshots in your DigitalOcean team.
- **If you [enabled backups](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/backups/how-to/enable/index.html.md),** the backups remain available until the end of their retention period, which is four weeks for weekly backups, seven days for daily backups, and a custom amount of time for usage-based backups. If backups are available, you can [create or restore Droplets from backups](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/backups/how-to/create-and-restore/index.html.md).

If you have neither snapshots nor backups, then we do not have a backup of your Droplet’s data available in our system. In this scenario, you would need rely on any manual backups you created and stored on a local computer.

## Related Topics

[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.

[How can I destroy my Droplets while maintaining my backups?](https://docs.digitalocean.com/support/how-can-i-destroy-my-droplets-while-maintaining-my-backups/index.html.md): Convert your backups to snapshots to save them indefinitely.

[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.