# \[NC19\] How to move user data, without hickups

**URL:** <https://help.nextcloud.com/t/nc19-how-to-move-user-data-without-hickups/90732>\
**Category:** 📦 Appliances (Docker, Snappy, VM, NCP, AIO)\
**Tags:** nc19, vm\
**Created:** [August 27, 2020, 1:17pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/nc19-how-to-move-user-data-without-hickups/90732 "2020-08-27T13:17:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![gas85](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/gas85/32/7772_2.png) [@gas85](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/gas85)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2020, 7:34am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/nc19-how-to-move-user-data-without-hickups/90732/21 "2020-09-02T07:34:40Z")

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> [@Operations](#):
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> I am going to try to figure out how to exactly move the data.

Perfect post about how to move data folder is here [HowTo: Change / Move data directory after installation](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/howto-change-move-data-directory-after-installation/17170)

> [@Operations](#):
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> After moving the data, shouldn’t i also change references in config files which will point to the wrong location of the data (after moving).

Only if you have a new location, you can also stop the server, move data to the new drive and mount it under old location. In this case no configuration change needed.

If you do not follow instructions from the link from above you could meet this nice bug [Files amount after moving of data directory is wrong (much bigger)](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/files-amount-after-moving-of-data-directory-is-wrong-much-bigger/57510)

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