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Please give PC users the option to re-locate/change storage location for downloaded music.

Forum|Forum|6 years ago
April 14, 2020
33 replies
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It’s really quite simple. I think that a PC (or any user really) should have the option to set the storage location for downloaded music to a folder of their choosing on a drive of their choosing.

The reason being many PC users have relatively small Solid state drives that are mainly used for OS/Games for quick load times. We typically like to keep those SSDs clean and clutter free, storing music, photos and other things of a simple non software nature on a separate drive like a large external drive.

As it stands, Deezer forces all the downloaded music onto my main Drive, as in the one with my OS and games on it...there is no option to set a different location and I think that would be a pretty solid addition for PC user especially. To clarify, I’m not looking for a way to decrypt the music, or play it through a different media player or anything like that. I don’t care if I don’t even have access to the actual folder as long as I can decided WHERE the folder will occupy it’s space...namely, set storage to my external drive.

Thank You.

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J

Jahaaaaaa

Roadie

Yes, thats important for any user with limited space on drive C:!

Even with my 1 TB storage my cache grows from day to day.

On Android it’s no Problem to change the location.

Please add this essential setting for Windows!

Thanks you.

btw: Nice app! Good job! :-)

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Darak

Roadie

Hi All,

For anyone stumbling here because this is the first google result, there is a way to move the whole Deezer app to another drive. This moves all downloads too.
It was suggested in this thread by @Ecoxis sand further clarified by @WhoCares

Thank you both!

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JPiff

Roadie

@Darak

Nice thx a lot :)

So easy when we know it !

Better than waiting for the “select downloading directory” ...

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oeaeuess

Roadie

@Darak

Would you have a clue how to do this on Windows 7?

I’ve already tried adjusting the installation path in the registry, but Deezer still installs on C:\

Any help would be appreciated! (I really wonder why the community has to suss basic issues like this out by themselves)

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nachosNapples

Guitar Hero

All downloaded songs are stored in the same location as the app and there is no way to change this as Deezer is a streaming service and the songs can't be separated from the app.

yeah? you can change the download location with spotify. and with steam. and with *ANYTHING* else

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SuperSilver

Roadie

Windows doesnt show me move option now im trying to do this. Only a greyed out modify and uninstall.

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Kemal

Roadie

Windows doesnt show me move option now im trying to do this. Only a greyed out modify and uninstall.

it does not work on windows 11. Only solution is creating symlinks to another drive via command prompt which is a shame. Should have been fixed years ago.

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Kakaouet88

Roadie

Still missing this feature in 2024 …...really annoying