This tip is for Windows 10 and Windows 11<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n If you\u2019re running out of space on your Windows drive (usually C: ) changing the location of your Documents and\/or Pictures folder is an option if you have a second hard drive.<\/span><\/p>\n One of the reasons for moving the Documents and\/or Pictures folder is that these two folders are usually the largest of the “user” folders and moving them frees up the most space on your C:\\ (or Windows) drive. That is especially important if hard drive space is a concern. Windows tends to run more poorly on drives where space is limited. <\/span><\/p>\n Another really good reason is that it keeps your documents and pictures safe if something should happen to your C:\\ Once you move the location of your Documents folder, it will function exactly as it did before you moved it \u2013 but only if you move it correctly.<\/span><\/p>\n Here\u2019s how to move your Documents folder correctly in Windows 10 and Windows 11<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n We are going to show you how to move the Documents folder in this Tutorial. You can move the Pictures folder the same way as you can move the Documents folder.<\/span><\/p>\n 1. Right-click on the Start button.<\/span><\/p>\n 2. Click on File Explorer. On the drive to which you want to move your documents (the target drive), create a folder, and name it Documents. Now close File Explorer and reopen it.<\/span><\/p>\n 2. Right-click Documents (your current Documents folder not the new one you just created) and choose \u201cProperties\u201d. In Windows 11 you’ll need to click “Show more options” in the right-click menu in order to see “Properties”.<\/span><\/p>\n 3. Now click the Location tab at the top.<\/span><\/p>\n 4. Next, click on Move. In the Destination dialog, select the new location for your Documents folder (the folder you created in Step #2. The new location should appear in the text box \u2013 if it does not you can click \u201cFind target\u201d and navigate to it.<\/span><\/p>\n 5. Click on OK. Windows will prompt you to confirm. Click Yes and you\u2019re done. Note: It may take a while for the process to complete \u2013 while all files in the Documents folder are moved to the new location. The time it will take to transfer your Documents folder depends on how many files and folders are in your Documents folder.<\/span><\/p>\n When you\u2019ve completed this, you won\u2019t notice any difference \u2014 the Documents folder in the new location will show up and work in Windows as if it had never been moved. When you save files to it, they will be saved in Documents as they always have been, the only difference is that the Documents folder is not on your C drive \u2013 but on the drive that you chose above.<\/span><\/p>\n Despite its location, the Documents folder will function the same. And the best part is, if your C: drive is getting full, Documents won\u2019t be taking up a substantial amount of space on that drive. Plus, if anything happens and you can\u2019t boot to Windows or the C drive fails, the Documents folder \u2014 and all the files and folders in it \u2013will be safe on another drive.<\/span><\/p>\n You can move the Pictures folder exactly the same way as the Documents folder. Just create a Pictures folder on the target drive – the drive you want to move the folder to. Then right-click on your current Pictures folder and choose “Properties” can click the Location tab. Windows 11 requires that you click “Show more options” and then “Properties”.<\/span><\/p>\n And finally, if you decide you want to move your Documents or Pictures folder back to its original location, it\u2019s easy to do. Just open the \u201cProperties\u201d dialog of the Documents folder, click the \u201cLocation\u201d tab, and click \u201cRestore default\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n In Windows 10 and Windows 11, you can change the location of your Music, Videos, and folders too. You can do it the same way as the Documents ad Pictures folders.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Right Way to Move the Documents and\/or Pictures Folders…and Why You May Want To This tip is for Windows 10 and Windows 11 If you\u2019re running out of space on your Windows drive (usually C: ) changing the location of your Documents and\/or Pictures folder is an option if you have a second hard drive.\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22147,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3948,4299],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24875"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24875"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24876,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24875\/revisions\/24876"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Move](\"https:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2023\/move-docs1.png\")
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\nAbove: Documents \u201cLocation\u201d dialog in Windows 10.<\/span><\/p>\n![\"Move](\"https:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2023\/move-docs11.png\")
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\nAbove: The \u201cLocation\u201d dialog in Windows 11 is the same as in Windows 10.<\/span><\/p>\n