How do I transfer a Droplet to someone else?

Validated on 29 Mar 2024 • Last edited on 1 Aug 2024

You can’t directly transfer a Droplet to another user, but you can transfer a snapshot of a Droplet. The recipient of the snapshot can recreate the Droplet from the snapshot.

How to Transfer a Droplet Snapshot to a Different Team

Transfer Droplet snapshots to another DigitalOcean team to effectively migrate a Droplet to another owner.

When you transfer a snapshot, the snapshot is no longer available on its original team, but the Droplet that the snapshot is based on is unaffected.

Can I undo restoring a Droplet from a backup?

You cannot undo restoring a Droplet from a backup, but you can use an existing snapshot to restore a Droplet to a previous point in time.

How do I migrate my Droplet to another datacenter region?

Take a snapshot of your Droplet and then create new Droplet from the snapshot in the new datacenter.

How do I clone or make a copy of a Droplet?

Create a snapshot of the Droplet, then create a new Droplet from that snapshot.

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