# How to change cache directory?

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**Author:** ![Spaklak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Spaklak](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2FSpaklak)%5C
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Hello everyone. I am trying to change the installation path with the command: `os.environ['HF_HOME'] = 'E:/models`  
However, the model is downloaded to disk C anyway. How can this problem be solved?

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**Author:** ![John6666](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hellohellohello/user_avatar/discuss.huggingface.co/john6666/32/27664_2.png) [@John6666](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2FJohn6666)%5C
**Post date:** [January 18, 2025, 2:29am UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fhow-to-change-cache-directory%2F136288%2F2 "2025-01-18T02:29:03Z")

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If you specify the environment variable in Python code, the settings may be reverted when Python is closed, so it may be better to set them in the OS environment variable settings.

> <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/63312859/how-to-change-huggingface-transformers-default-cache-directory>

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**Post date:** [January 18, 2025, 10:15am UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fhow-to-change-cache-directory%2F136288%2F3 "2025-01-18T10:15:26Z")

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Thank you man. It helped!

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