# Changing data directory location with snap installation procedures

**URL:** <https://help.nextcloud.com/t/changing-data-directory-location-with-snap-installation-procedures/23841>\
**Category:** ℹ️ Support\
**Created:** [November 22, 2017, 8:46am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/changing-data-directory-location-with-snap-installation-procedures/23841 "2017-11-22T08:46:09Z")\
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Indeed, by default, snaps cannot access data outside of their directory.

Give the nextcloud snap access to /media:  
sudo snap connect nextcloud:removable-media

After this, nextcloud can access data below /media.

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