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I found this support article that says to use an advanced setting to move this directory. But it points to this support article which does not mention that setting. And I can’t find the setting on my advanced settings. Was it removed? Should I just set up a symlink instead?
tom80H
January 17, 2021, 8:38pm
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It’s not been removed but no longer supported to be changed in the GUI (mostly for security reasons).
Here’s the actual support article, describing the hidden/advanced settings:
https://support.plex.tv/articles/201105343-advanced-hidden-server-settings/
… and an extended guide on how to move the Plex data folder on Windows:
By default, Plex server stores all its own data on the system drive, in the AppData path of the Windows user.
You might want to change that location, if your system drive is a small SSD or you are simply having capacity issues.
Moving Plex data to a dedicated drive also makes it easier to retain your Plex server data when changing machines or re-installing Windows from scratch.
For larger servers/collections, I recommend a dedicated, internal SSD drive.
Exit/End/Quit/Close plex, using the t…
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Excellent, thank you very much!
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