# How to change SNAP\_DATA

**URL:** <https://help.nextcloud.com/t/how-to-change-snap-data/244849>\
**Category:** 📦 Appliances (Docker, Snappy, VM, NCP, AIO)\
**Tags:** snap, nc32\
**Created:** [May 26, 2026, 9:21am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/how-to-change-snap-data/244849 "2026-05-26T09:21:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![scubamuc](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/scubamuc/32/63165_2.png) [@scubamuc](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/scubamuc)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2026, 10:41am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/how-to-change-snap-data/244849/2 "2026-05-26T10:41:29Z")

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Hey @iuri1, welcome to the Nextcloud community and thanks for supporting Nextcloud snap 🤝

Sorry to hear you are having issues with your Nextcloud snap installation. If you’ve come this far, you’re on the right track! There is a good chance someone in the community has had a similar issue and knows how to resolve it.

Below are some links to how-to’s answering frequently asked questions and may help you help yourself;

- [How to install Nextcloud snap](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/how-to-install-nextcloud-snap/216058)
- [How to configure Nextcloud snap](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/how-to-configure-nextcloud-snap/216036)
- [How to edit config.php for Nextcloud snap](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/how-to-edit-config-php-for-nextcloud-snap/218564)
- [How to use OCC management console for Nextcloud snap](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/how-to-use-occ-management-console-for-nextcloud-snap/216111)
- [How to revert Nextcloud snap after failed update](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/how-to-revert-nextcloud-snap-after-failed-update/216034)
- [How to manage failed automatic update in Nextcloud snap](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/how-to-manage-failed-automatic-update-in-nextcloud-snap/230652)
- [Nextcloud snap wiki and support](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/nextcloud-snap-wiki-and-support/197783)

pay special attention to:

- [Requirements](https://github.com/nextcloud-snap/nextcloud-snap/wiki/Installation-requirements) especially [OS Requirements](https://github.com/nextcloud-snap/nextcloud-snap/wiki/Installation-requirements#operating-system)

> I need the mysql and other system data to be elsewhere because my /var gets erased at reboot and snapd/snapctl doesn’t seem to offer a way to configure this

simple answer, nope snapd/snapctl will not offer this see [Data locations - Snap documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/reference/administration/data-locations/) and see [Snap Confinement](https://snapcraft.io/docs/explanation/security/snap-confinement/#explanation-security-snap-confinement)

> system data to be elsewhere because my /var gets erased at reboot

this is obviously your issue and to my knowledge `/var` is in no way relevant for the snap! please be absolutely clear about this.

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