# 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")\
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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):
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> 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_`

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