Change docker images and containers location with Windows 10

Docker with windows has 2 mode windows and linux (wsl)

1. For Windows Mode:
   

   Docker Configuration File:
   
   By default, Docker stores Images and other configuration files In the location below:
   
   C:\ProgramData\Docker
   
   Which also mean that Images, volumes, etc will be stored in the same location.
   
   To change the storage location with the need to create a configuration file called Daemon.json and specify the new location.
   
   By default, the file doesn’t exist and we need to create under the path below:
   
   'C:\ProgramData\Docker\config\daemon.json'

   set data-root path

   {
   "data-root": "D:\\ProgramData\\Docker"
   }

   for old docker use graph instead of data-root
   

   You must stop docker service before changing daemon.js and start again after changing.

   you can also do that from GUI docker settings --> Docker Engine
   

2.  For linux subsystem (wsl) mode:
   Before applying the below steps check installing Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL).
   • Quit docker
     
   • Run from command prompt:
             wsl --list -v
             you will see
   
   
   
   
   
   • Export docker-desktop-data into a file
     wsl --export docker-desktop-data "E:\Code\DevOps\Docker\docker-desktop-data.tar"
     
   
   
   • Unregister docker-desktop-data from wsl
     wsl --unregister docker-desktop-data
   • Import the docker-desktop-data back to wsl but with new path
     wsl --import docker-desktop-data "E:\Code\DevOps\Docker\wsl\data" "E:\Code\DevOps\Docker\docker-desktop-data.tar" --version 2 
   • Start the Docker Desktop again and it should work