# How to set disk usage priority?

**URL:** <https://help.nextcloud.com/t/how-to-set-disk-usage-priority/134369>\
**Category:** ℹ️ Support\
**Tags:** ncp\
**Created:** [February 22, 2022, 11:24am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/how-to-set-disk-usage-priority/134369 "2022-02-22T11:24:21Z")\
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**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:** [February 22, 2022, 12:31pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/how-to-set-disk-usage-priority/134369/5 "2022-02-22T12:31:12Z")

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> [@devnull](#):
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> move **all** data in a new (faster) directory

just follow this How-To

> [@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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