# docker save

> Export Docker images to archive.
> More information: <https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/save/>.

- Save an image by redirecting `stdout` to a `tar` archive:

`docker save {{image}}:{{tag}} > {{path/to/file.tar}}`

- Save an image to a `tar` archive:

`docker save --output {{path/to/file.tar}} {{image}}:{{tag}}`

- Save all tags of the image:

`docker save --output {{path/to/file.tar}} {{image_name}}`

- Cherry-pick particular tags of an image to save:

`docker save --output {{path/to/file.tar}} {{image_name:tag1 image_name:tag2 ...}}`