# Symlink inside data folder seems not to work **URL:** \ **Category:** ℹ️ Support\ **Created:** [December 10, 2016, 1:50pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/symlink-inside-data-folder-seems-not-to-work/5973 "2016-12-10T13:50:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![tflidd](https://help.nextcloud.com/letter_avatar/tflidd/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@tflidd](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/tflidd)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2016, 10:05pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/symlink-inside-data-folder-seems-not-to-work/5973/2 "2016-12-11T22:05:44Z")
Symlinks in the data folder are not supported: > [@Symbolic link support](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/symbolic-link-support/220): > > Hi guys, I plan to move to nextcloud as soon as it comes out. I was wondering if nextcloud has any plans for symbolic link support. I currently backup and sync my project and work folders with owncloud, and there are some internal symlinks in there. It would be nice if symlinks are also saved as is, meaning that they will appear as symlinks on other devices as well. At the moment, I have to manually take care of these symlinks which is a bit annoying. It would be nice if nextcloud has beha… Have a look at the external storage feature that also allows to access local files in other folders (webserver user must be able to read it). --- _[View the full topic](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/symlink-inside-data-folder-seems-not-to-work/5973)._