# Is there a safe and reliable way to move data directory out of web root? **URL:** \ **Category:** ℹ️ Support\ **Created:** [September 27, 2016, 7:30pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/is-there-a-safe-and-reliable-way-to-move-data-directory-out-of-web-root/3642 "2016-09-27T19:30:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
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@robertb I’m not sure about encryption. I’ve only tested it with the encryption module turned off. Does the new location of the data directory still have the same permissions/ownership that your old directory had? I apologize if I lead you incorrectly. I was not aware there were database changes required. @nickvergessen I am a little confused here. I’ve changed the data directory multiple times without editing the database, and everything continues to work. For testing, the data directory location changes went like this, 1: /private\_html/data 2: /private\_html/datastorage 3: /private\_html/iamgroot 4: /private\_html/racoonsarecool Here are my exact steps. 1: Log out of Nextcloud’s web interface. 2: Move the folder to the new location. 3: Edit config/config.php and adjust the data directory path 4: Run ./occ files:scan --all 5: Log back into the web interface. My oc\_storage table looks like this, ![](https://help.nextcloud.com/uploads/default/original/2X/5/590ec4082b7b384c3afdfc14106268b7639ebeb2.png) For reference, this is Nextcloud 10. The config.php version says, ‘version’ =\> ‘9.1.0.16’. Would you mind clarifying the oc\_storage changes? I don’t want to be giving people bad advice. --- _[View the full topic](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/is-there-a-safe-and-reliable-way-to-move-data-directory-out-of-web-root/3642)._