# Change model download folder?

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**Created:** [October 17, 2023, 8:41am UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fchange-model-download-folder%2F58845 "2023-10-17T08:41:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hergendy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@Hergendy](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2FHergendy)%5C
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Hello, kinda new to the whole ML/AI landscape, but when I tried using huggingface I immediately ran into a problem, where it basically downloaded the huge models to my windows system drive which is not partitioned big enough to hold these models, nor do I intend to partition it bigger. How do I change the download folder to a different drive where I prepared a place for it?

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**Author:** ![dblakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/54ee81/32.png) [@dblakely](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2Fdblakely)%5C
**Post date:** [October 17, 2023, 10:58am UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fchange-model-download-folder%2F58845%2F2 "2023-10-17T10:58:05Z")

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Changing the [HF\_HOME](https://huggingface.co/docs/huggingface_hub/package_reference/environment_variables#hfhome) environment variable should do it

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**Author:** ![maxschmaltz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@maxschmaltz](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2Fmaxschmaltz)%5C
**Post date:** [September 21, 2026, 2:16pm UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fchange-model-download-folder%2F58845%2F3 "2026-09-21T14:16:25Z")

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For latecomers like myself: you can use the [`huggingface_hub.snapshot_download()`](https://huggingface.co/docs/huggingface_hub/v1.32.0/en/package_reference/file_download) method while specifying the `local_dir` parameter if you don’t want to change the HF\_HOME variable.

> **[Download file(s) to a local folder - Download files from the Hub · Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/docs/huggingface_hub/v1.32.0/en/guides/download#download-files-to-a-local-folder)**
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> By default, we recommend using the cache system to download files from the Hub. You can specify a custom cache location using the cache\_dir parameter in hf\_hub\_download() and snapshot\_download(), or by setting the HF\_HOME environment variable. |...