# Saving dicom data

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/saving-dicom-data/6667>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [May 1, 2019, 7:38pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/saving-dicom-data/6667 "2019-05-01T19:38:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![lambrosone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9d8465/32.png) [@lambrosone](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lambrosone)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2019, 7:38pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/saving-dicom-data/6667/1 "2019-05-01T19:38:56Z")

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Operating system:win10  
Slicer version: 4.8  
Expected behavior:  
Actual behavior:

I want to xchange the location of the slicer dicom database from my c drive to another data drive. How do I do that? My c drive gets overfilled quickly

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**Author:** ![lassoan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/lassoan/32/13_2.png) [@lassoan](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lassoan)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2019, 8:54pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/saving-dicom-data/6667/2 "2019-05-01T20:54:51Z")

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See instructions for changing database folder location here: [https://www.slicer.org/wiki/Documentation/Nightly/Modules/DICOM#Slicer\_DICOM\_Database](https://www.slicer.org/wiki/Documentation/Nightly/Modules/DICOM#Slicer_DICOM_Database)