Title: "uploads" folder
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# "uploads" folder

 *  Resolved [Xavier Gimeno Torrent](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xaviergimeno/)
 * (@xaviergimeno)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploads-folder/)
 * This is a very easy query.
 * Firstly I want to say that my question does not refer to any problem experienced,
   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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 *  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/#post-2142458)
 * This generally doesn’t cause issues (though if you EVER decide to upgrade to 
   Multisite, it will).
 * You MAY need to search your database for the old wp-content/uploads location 
   and replace it with the new /files/ location.
 * And stop making duplicate posts. You’re not endearing yourself to anyone.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 1 reply
 * 2 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/#post-2142458)
 * Status: resolved

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