# How to restore a snapshot on AWS RDS

Amazon RDS creates a storage volume snapshot of your DB instance, backing up the entire DB instance and not just individual databases.

You can create a new DB instance by restoring from a DB snapshot. You provide the name of the DB snapshot to restore from, and then provide a name for the new DB instance that is created from the restore.

You can't restore from a DB snapshot to an existing DB instance; a new DB instance is created when you restore.

### Steps

###### To restore a DB instance from a DB snapshot

1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the Amazon RDS console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/rds/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/rds/).
    
2. In the navigation pane, choose **Snapshots**.
    
3. Choose the DB snapshot that you want to restore from.
    
4. For **Actions**, choose **Restore snapshot**.
    
5. On the **Restore snapshot** page, for **DB instance identifier**, enter the name for your restored DB instance.
    
6. Specify other settings, such as allocated storage size.
    
    For information about each setting, see [Settings for DB instances](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/USER_CreateDBInstance.html#USER_CreateDBInstance.Settings).
    
7. Choose **Restore DB instance**.
    

### Conclusion

Now you know how to restore a snapshot on RDS.  
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