# Change drive for Metadata

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**Category:** General Discussions\
**Created:** [October 17, 2024, 3:37pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/change-drive-for-metadata/892574 "2024-10-17T15:37:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![boro9449](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7993a0/32.png) [@boro9449](https://forums.plex.tv/u/boro9449)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 3:37pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/change-drive-for-metadata/892574/1 "2024-10-17T15:37:59Z")

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So I woke up today with no room on my C drive. I have happilly used Plex for a very long time and store my movies and tv shows on an external drive. I read this article…  
[https://support.plex.tv/articles/202529153-why-is-my-plex-media-server-directory-so-large/](https://support.plex.tv/articles/202529153-why-is-my-plex-media-server-directory-so-large/)

And followed the instructions and disabled thumbnail previews then I hit the delete thumbnail previews button then save button. And when I checked my space went down meaning less space on the C drive then it went back up and ended up at roughly the same space. Not sure if I did something wrong or I will notice a difference when I get home from work.

Next I read this article

[https://support.plex.tv/articles/201105343-advanced-hidden-server-settings/](https://support.plex.tv/articles/201105343-advanced-hidden-server-settings/)

But it was quite a bit beyond my abilities. If I wanted to relocate it the N Drive what would you exactly type in the registry?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. I know it is probably something I did wrong but I have really enjoyed using Plex all the years.

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**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 3:39pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/change-drive-for-metadata/892574/2 "2024-10-17T15:39:32Z")

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See [[HowTo] An extended guide on how to move the Plex data folder on Windows](https://forums.plex.tv/t/howto-an-extended-guide-on-how-to-move-the-plex-data-folder-on-windows/197060/1)

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**Author:** ![boro9449](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7993a0/32.png) [@boro9449](https://forums.plex.tv/u/boro9449)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 3:44pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/change-drive-for-metadata/892574/3 "2024-10-17T15:44:40Z")

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Wow quick. I will try that after work. Thank you very much!!!

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 3:45pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/change-drive-for-metadata/892574/4 "2025-01-15T15:45:28Z")

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