Title: uploads folder
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# uploads folder

 *  [Xavier Gimeno Torrent](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xaviergimeno/)
 * (@xaviergimeno)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploads-folder-4/)
 * This is a very easy query.
    Firstly I want to say that my question does not refer
   to any existing problem, it is simply a “precautionary” question. About a month
   ago, I realized I could change the default folder where the image files, pdfs,
   etc. are stored. This folder is, as you know very well, “wp-content/uploads”.
   This folder contained all the files I have uploaded until then. But I decided
   to simplify the structure of the subfolders (uploads/2011/11 etc). So I decided
   from then on that the folder where the files are uploaded would be out of the“
   wp-content” folder is, that is to say, on the root directory. I called the new
   uploads folder “files”. After creating this new folder, I uploaded to the “files”
   folder all the files in the default “wp-content/uploads” folder. Obviously, now
   the same files were in two different folders (the “uploads” default folder and
   the new “files” folder), so I decided to completely delete the “uploads” folder,
   that no longer exists. This has not caused any problem, that I know. What I wanted
   to ask is if you can safely delete the default “uploads” folder in this case 
   that, I repeat, I have no detected any problem. I appreciate your answers and
   help.

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 *  [hyperdude](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hyperdude/)
 * (@hyperdude)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploads-folder-4/#post-2144035)
 * That’s an interesting question, I wouldn’t see any problem in doing that and 
   I would also be interested to know what your results are. I’m fairly certain 
   that if you change uploads folder there is no problem there, however some plug-
   ins may use the uploads folder file path which may cause problems.
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploads-folder-4/#post-2144046)
 * See [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploads-folder?replies=1](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploads-folder?replies=1)
 * Stop making duplicate posts.

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 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
 * 2 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploads-folder-4/#post-2144046)
 * Status: not resolved

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