# Finish \*real\* migration from Owncloud to Nextcloud

**URL:** <https://help.nextcloud.com/t/finish-real-migration-from-owncloud-to-nextcloud/149877>\
**Category:** ℹ️ Support\
**Tags:** oc\_migration\_issue\
**Created:** [November 14, 2022, 8:17pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/finish-real-migration-from-owncloud-to-nextcloud/149877 "2022-11-14T20:17:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![GigaGo](https://help.nextcloud.com/letter_avatar/gigago/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@GigaGo](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/GigaGo)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2022, 8:17pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/finish-real-migration-from-owncloud-to-nextcloud/149877/1 "2022-11-14T20:17:05Z")

</div>

Hi,

long long ago I migrated my Owncloud installation to Nextcloud (it was version 9) with the official migration tool. It worked and still runs. But, there are still Owncoud fragments left, e.g. the base directory is /var/www/owncloud and the data base scheme is “owncloud”. And I am afraid that is not all. I would like to have an installation like one who started with Nextcloud. So is there a manual which steps to take?

Thanks!

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![tflidd](https://help.nextcloud.com/letter_avatar/tflidd/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@tflidd](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/tflidd)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 5:11pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/finish-real-migration-from-owncloud-to-nextcloud/149877/2 "2022-11-16T17:11:26Z")

</div>

For the datafolder, it is not just renaming the folder, it needs to be changed in more locations:

> [@HowTo: Change / Move data directory after installation](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/howto-change-move-data-directory-after-installation/17170/2):
>
> After installing nextcloud using the packaged VM from Tech and Me, I realized that it doesn’t offer the opportunity to move the data directory during installation. The one I used also comes preconfigured as a 20GB disk VHD. Immediately after installation I realized the need to move the data directory to a larger virtual disk. Michalng’s guide tougher with his personal assistance made it all possible as described here: During that exercise I discovered that under nextcloud 13.1, it wasn’t neces…

I would first check if there is something visible from the outside, if internally, it’s in a folder of different name … that’s less important. E.g. for the database tables, there is still a prefix `oc_` used instead on `nc_`

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![GigaGo](https://help.nextcloud.com/letter_avatar/gigago/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@GigaGo](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/GigaGo)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2022, 7:37pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/finish-real-migration-from-owncloud-to-nextcloud/149877/3 "2022-11-19T19:37:59Z")

</div>

Thanks for the link, but not sure if this matches my case. But I’ll try.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![wwe](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/wwe/32/72963_2.png) [@wwe](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/wwe)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2024, 11:32am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/finish-real-migration-from-owncloud-to-nextcloud/149877/4 "2024-12-14T11:32:16Z")

</div>