# Can you change the default Resources folder and move it to another partition?

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**Category:** Features\
**Created:** [21 May 2020 19:24 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/can-you-change-the-default-resources-folder-and-move-it-to-another-partition/8827 "2020-05-21T19:24:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![schuster92](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9bd4f/32.png) [@schuster92](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/schuster92)\
**Post date:** [21 May 2020 19:24 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/can-you-change-the-default-resources-folder-and-move-it-to-another-partition/8827/1 "2020-05-21T19:24:24Z")

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Could be change the default Resources folder and move it to another partition?

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It is possible move resources folder default to DATA (D:) for example? Because i have a lot of images in Joplin… and the principal disk is a ssd of 120GB.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![roman\_r\_m](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/roman_r_m/32/3297_2.png) [@roman\_r\_m](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/roman_r_m)\
**Post date:** [21 May 2020 19:45 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/can-you-change-the-default-resources-folder-and-move-it-to-another-partition/8827/2 "2020-05-21T19:45:48Z")

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I do not think this is supported.

There are a few things you can try:

- Create a symlink for the resources folder
- Run Joplin with --profile and point it to your D: drive.
- Use the portable verison – it creates its profile folder right next to the executable.

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**Author:** ![schuster92](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9bd4f/32.png) [@schuster92](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/schuster92)\
**Post date:** [21 May 2020 20:08 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/can-you-change-the-default-resources-folder-and-move-it-to-another-partition/8827/3 "2020-05-21T20:08:56Z")

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> [@roman\_r\_m](#):
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> Create a symlink

Just now, i have tested portable option, it runs perfect. Thanks so much !

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**Author:** ![roman\_r\_m](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/roman_r_m/32/3297_2.png) [@roman\_r\_m](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/roman_r_m)\
**Post date:** [21 May 2020 20:13 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/can-you-change-the-default-resources-folder-and-move-it-to-another-partition/8827/4 "2020-05-21T20:13:36Z")

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One problem is that now you’re running Joplin off a hard disk not SSD – might be a bit slower.

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**Author:** ![YAG](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/yag/32/19547_2.png) [@YAG](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/YAG)\
**Post date:** [19 January 2024 08:31 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/can-you-change-the-default-resources-folder-and-move-it-to-another-partition/8827/5 "2024-01-19T08:31:44Z")

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I have this problem (Win11, C: is a 118GB SSD, D: is a 1TB HDD)  
My Joplin Cloud data is massive (more than 15GB unencrypted) and if I understand correctly using encryption means Joplin is downloading the entire unencrypted data (with encryption inflating the size by about 50%), and then decrypts and keeps a decrypted copy too.  
And, again if I understand correctly, it's the entire database including attachments, since Joplin on Win11, unlike the Android/iOS app, does not give the option to download attachements only when they are necessary.  
So it means that Joplin Folder will at some point reach ~40GB once Joplin has sync'd everything.

I am currently trying with a hard link from C:\Users\myusername.config\joplin-desktop to another folder on D:  
(I created the hard link after moving the existing folder to the new location).  
It seems to work, not 100% sure as Joplin gives me a "Some items cannot be synchronized. View them now" message.