<p>According to <a href="https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/where-are-docker-images-stored-docker-container-paths-explained/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this blog post</a>, Docker Desktop on Windows stores its containers <em>inside</em> another container, that container is stored in <code>C:\ProgramData\DockerDesktop</code>. If you <code>docker inspect</code> a container you have setup, it will give you a Linux path, which you can then get to once you go inside the host container using <code>docker run -it --privileged --pid=host debian nsenter -t 1 -m -u -i sh</code></p>
<p>This assumes you are using the default (Hyper-V) hypervisor for Docker Desktop. Where you use VMware as the hypervisor instead, different rules may apply.</p>

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<p>I run Docker on Windows 10 machine with WSL 2 support. I would like to know where docker image files are located in this situation? Where docker image files are located in case when no WSL 2 is enabled.</p>

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# Docker image file location

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-05-13)

I run Docker on Windows 10 machine with WSL 2 support. I would like to know where docker image files are located in this situation? Where docker image files are located in case when no WSL 2 is enabled.

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2021-05-14. Score: 1

According to [this blog post](https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/where-are-docker-images-stored-docker-container-paths-explained/), Docker Desktop on Windows stores its containers *inside* another container, that container is stored in `C:\ProgramData\DockerDesktop`. If you `docker inspect` a container you have setup, it will give you a Linux path, which you can then get to once you go inside the host container using `docker run -it --privileged --pid=host debian nsenter -t 1 -m -u -i sh`

This assumes you are using the default (Hyper-V) hypervisor for Docker Desktop. Where you use VMware as the hypervisor instead, different rules may apply.


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