# \[NC21\] change user home folder **URL:** \ **Category:** ℹ️ Support\ **Tags:** feature\ **Created:** [June 5, 2021, 2:44pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/nc21-change-user-home-folder/117845 "2021-06-05T14:44:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**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:** [June 5, 2021, 8:15pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/nc21-change-user-home-folder/117845/4 "2021-06-05T20:15:47Z")
it may be easy to adopt this. but _why_ do you want to distribute files throughout the system? as @j-ed stated already it is possible to [change/move](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/howto-change-move-data-directory-after-installation/17170) the **whole** data directory - files of every user, group folders etc. I don’t see any reason to selectively move files of some user _out_ of this directory. this would only add complexity to backup and monitoring, managing access rights… If you have good reason feel free to file an issue or even better a pull request at github… --- _[View the full topic](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/nc21-change-user-home-folder/117845)._