# 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 Reference API and CLI reference documentation for snapshots, including example requests and available parameters. - [Snapshots API Reference](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/snapshots/reference/api/index.html.md): ## 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 … - [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 … - [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 … - [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 … - [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.