Move Docker data into different disk drive (Windows 10+WSL2)


If you're running Docker with WSL2 based engine, and wish to move your C:\ProgramData\Docker to other drive to free up the space, you can use this command

wsl --export docker-desktop-data docker-desktop-data.tar
wsl --unregister docker-desktop-data
wsl --import docker-desktop-data E:\dockerdata\ docker-desktop-data.tar --version 2

  • In this example, I move the data folder to E:\dockerdata.
  • You'll need to restart Docker.
  • Tested working on Docker engine: v19.03.13


Credit goes to: https://github.com/docker/for-win/issues/185#issuecomment-640521418


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