---
title: "TIR Snapshots"
description: "Take, schedule, restore, and delete snapshots of a TIR Virtual Machine's disk, or start a new VM from one."
content_type: "overview"
product: "tir-snapshots"
platform: "TIR"
url: "/tir/tir-snapshots/"
---

# TIR Snapshots

A snapshot is a fast copy of a TIR Virtual Machine's disk, taken at one moment. Take one before a
risky change, or on a schedule, and you can put the VM's disk back to that moment, or launch a new VM
that starts with it.

## Where to find it

In TIR, open your project. In the side menu, under **Storage**, select **Snapshots** to see every
snapshot in the project. To see the snapshots of one VM, open that VM and select its **Snapshots**
tab.

## What you can do

### Take snapshots

- [Create a VM snapshot](/tir/tir-snapshots/how-to/create-a-vm-snapshot/) of a running or stopped
  VM, and rename it later.
- [Schedule VM snapshots](/tir/tir-snapshots/how-to/schedule-vm-snapshots/) every six hours, daily,
  weekly, or on a timetable of your own.

### Use a snapshot

- [Restore a VM from a snapshot](/tir/tir-snapshots/how-to/restore-a-vm-from-a-snapshot/) to put its
  disk back as it was.
- [Create a VM from a snapshot](/tir/tir-snapshots/how-to/create-a-vm-from-a-snapshot/) to launch a
  separate VM with the snapshot's disk.

### Look after your snapshots

- [Manage snapshots in a project](/tir/tir-snapshots/how-to/manage-snapshots-in-a-project/): search,
  sort, and act on every snapshot from **Storage** > **Snapshots**.
- [Delete a VM snapshot](/tir/tir-snapshots/how-to/delete-a-vm-snapshot/) once you are done with
  it.

To understand what a snapshot holds and what a restore replaces, read
[How snapshots work](/tir/tir-snapshots/concepts/how-snapshots-work/).

## Where to start

Start with [Get started with TIR Snapshots](/tir/tir-snapshots/get-started/), which takes a snapshot
of a VM and starts a second VM from it. The [TIR Snapshots FAQ](/tir/tir-snapshots/faq/) answers
common questions, and [Troubleshooting TIR Snapshots](/tir/tir-snapshots/troubleshooting/tir-snapshots/)
helps with each message and each greyed-out action.