# Data Directory Change

**URL:** <https://help.nextcloud.com/t/data-directory-change/99889>\
**Category:** ℹ️ Support\
**Created:** [December 1, 2020, 4:11pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/data-directory-change/99889 "2020-12-01T16:11:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![anon75456558](https://help.nextcloud.com/letter_avatar/anon75456558/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@anon75456558](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/anon75456558)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2020, 1:43am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/data-directory-change/99889/3 "2020-12-03T01:43:22Z")

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Welcome to the community @Louis87. Please take a moment to search for these sorts of questions since the answer is readily documented and thoroughly explained. Please see this handy guide:

> [@HowTo: Change / Move data directory after installation](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/howto-change-move-data-directory-after-installation/17170):
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> > **Snap/Docker/VM users click here!**
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> > Note that this HowTo does not apply to Nextcloud containers/appliances or the official Nextcloud VM from \<a href="https://www.hanssonit.se/nextcloud-vm/" rel="noopener nofollow ugc"\>Hansson IT\</a\>. If you use Nextcloud Snap, follow their official simple instructions: \<a href="https://github.com/nextcloud/nextcloud-snap/wiki/Change-data-directory-to-use-another-disk-partition" class="inline-onebox"\>Change …

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