1. Sign in to Docker Desktop. You must be signed in and have a paid [Docker subscription](../../subscription/details.md) to schedule a volume export.
2. In the **Volumes** view, select the volume you want to export.
3. Select the **Exports** tab.
4. Select **Schedule export**.
5. In **Recurrence**, select how often the export occurs, and then specify the
   following additional details based on your selection.

   - **Daily**: Specify the time that the backup occurs each day.
   - **Weekly**: Specify one or more days, and the time that the backup occurs
     each week.
   - **Monthly**: Specify which day of the month and the time that the backup
     occurs each month.

6. Select whether to export the volume to **Local or Hub storage** or **External
   cloud storage**, then specify the following additional details depending on
   your selection.
   
   {{< tabs >}}
   {{< tab name="Local or Hub storage" >}}
   
   - **Local file**: Specify a file name and select a folder.
   - **Local image**: Select a local image to export the content to. Any
    existing data in the image will be replaced by the exported content.
   - **New image**: Specify a name for the new image.
   - **Registry**: Specify a Docker Hub repository.

   {{< /tab >}}
   {{< tab name="External cloud storage" >}}

   You must have a [Docker Business subscription](../../subscription/details.md) to export to an external cloud provider.

   Select your cloud provider and then specify the URL to upload to the storage.
   Refer to the following documentation for your cloud provider to learn how to
   obtain a URL.

   - Amazon Web Services: [Create a presigned URL for Amazon S3 using an AWS SDK](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/example_s3_Scenario_PresignedUrl_section.html)
   - Microsoft Azure: [Generate a SAS token and URL](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/data-explorer/kusto/api/connection-strings/generate-sas-token)
   - Google Cloud: [Create a signed URL to upload an object](https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/access-control/signing-urls-with-helpers#upload-object)

   {{< /tab >}}
   {{< /tabs >}}

7. Select **Save**.

## Import a volume

You can import a local file, a local image, or an image from Docker Hub. Any
existing data in the volume is replaced by the imported content. When importing
content to a volume used by one or more running containers, the containers are
temporarily stopped while Docker imports the content, and then restarted when
the import process is completed.

To import a volume:

1. Sign in to Docker Desktop. You must be signed in to import a volume.
2. Optionally, [create](#create-a-volume) a new volume to import the content
   into.
3. Select the volume you want to import content in to.
4. Select **Import**.
5. Select where the content is coming from and then specify the following
   additional details depending on your selection:

   - **Local file**: Select the file that contains the content.
   - **Local image**: Select the local image that contains the content.
   - **Registry**: Specify the image from Docker Hub that contains the content.

6. Select **Import**.

## Additional resources

- [Persisting container data](/get-started/docker-concepts/running-containers/persisting-container-data.md)
- [Use volumes](/manuals/engine/storage/volumes.md)