---
title: "Move a volume to another project"
description: "Move a Block Storage volume, with its snapshots and any committed plan, to another project in the same MyAccount account."
content_type: "how-to"
product: "volumes"
platform: "MyAccount"
url: "/myaccount/volumes/how-to/move-a-volume-to-another-project/"
topic: ["manage"]
relationships: {"requires":["/myaccount/volumes/how-to/create-a-volume/"]}
---

# Move a volume to another project

A volume can move to another project of the same account, where you can attach it to a node in
that project. Its snapshots go with it, and a committed volume keeps its committed plan. The volume
stays in the same region, and its data is unchanged.

## Before you begin

- You are the account owner, or you have the **Admin** or **Project Lead** role in the volume's
  project; **Move To Another Project** appears for those roles. See
  [Choose a role for a user](/myaccount/account/how-to/choose-a-role-for-a-user/).
- The account has a second project to move the volume to. See
  [Create a project](/myaccount/account/how-to/create-a-project/).
- The volume is **Available** and carries no tags. If it is attached, detach it from its node; see
  [Detach a volume from a node](/myaccount/volumes/how-to/detach-a-volume/). To remove any tags,
  see [Tag a resource](/myaccount/account/how-to/tag-a-resource/#remove-a-tag). Check both before
  you start, because MyAccount gives no reason when a volume is not ready to move.

To move an attached volume together with its node, move the node instead: the volumes attached to
a node go with it. See
[Move a node to another project](/myaccount/node/how-to/move-a-node-to-another-project/).

## Move the volume

1. Open **Storage > Volumes**. **Move To Another Project** is on this list only, not on a node's
   **Volumes** tab.
2. Open the volume's **Actions** menu and click **Move To Another Project**.
3. In **Move Volume to Another Project**, choose the target project in **Select Project**, which
   offers every project in the account apart from the one the volume is in now.
4. Turn on the checkbox that confirms the volume and the project. When **Transfer** becomes
   available, click it.

The volume leaves this project's **Volumes** list, and MyAccount shows **Resource is transferred
successfully.** If MyAccount refuses the move, the volume has not moved; see
[Troubleshooting Volumes](/myaccount/volumes/troubleshooting/volumes/#i-cannot-move-a-volume-to-another-project).

## Use the volume in the target project

Switch to the target project from the project list in the header to see the volume and its
snapshots there. See
[Create a project](/myaccount/account/how-to/create-a-project/#switch-to-the-project). The move is
recorded in the audit logs of both projects; see
[Read the audit log](/myaccount/account/how-to/read-the-audit-log/).

Next, attach the volume to a node in its new project; see
[Attach a volume to a node](/myaccount/volumes/how-to/attach-a-volume/).