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How do I move a droplet between organizations

Posted on April 1, 2025

How do I move a droplet between organizations without any downtime?

Droplet ID: 406321480



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Hey there šŸ‘‹

Droplets can’t be directly moved between organizations on DigitalOcean:

https://docs.digitalocean.com/support/how-do-i-transfer-a-droplet-to-someone-else/

The typical way to ā€œmoveā€ a Droplet is to take a snapshot of it, then transfer the snapshot to the other organization and create a new Droplet from it:

https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/snapshots/how-to/transfer/

You can also upvote the idea here:

https://ideas.digitalocean.com/billing/p/transfer-droplet-ownership

- Bobby

Heya,

Check this article right here

https://docs.digitalocean.com/support/how-do-i-transfer-a-droplet-to-someone-else/

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.

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.

Heya, @mynameisab1993

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.

Regards

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