Move Downloads Folder from C Drive to D Drive in Windows 10

By Sophia | Last Updated January 03, 2024

"How to move Downloads folder to another drive in Windows 10?" You might have this question when you need to free up the system drive or you want to keep the downloaded files away from losing caused by system crash. By default, Windows allocates the Downloads folder to the system drive usually the C drive and enables users to save the downloaded items to it. However, it's available to relocate the Windows 10 Downloads folder and you can follow this post to move Downloads folder From C Drive to D drive or another drive in Windows 10.

1. Part One: Create a New Folder
2. Part Two: Move Downloads Folder to Another Drive

Part One: Create a New Folder

Head to the partition where you want to store the moved Downloads folder and here we will access D drive. After that, create a new folder and rename it as Downloads or another name you like.

Part Two: Move Downloads Folder to Another Drive 

Path 1: Move Downloads Folder to D Drive via Properties

Step 1: Open File Explorer, select This PC in the left menu.

Step 2: Right-click Downloads folder and choose Properties.

Step 3: In the Downloads Properties window, switch to the Location tab and click Move to get a Select a Destination window.

Step 4: Select the created folder(D:\Downloads here) as the destination and click Select Folder.

Step 5: Hit Apply and a Move Folder prompt will be popped out. You can hit Yes to move the entire Downloads folder from C drive to D drive in your Windows 10 computer.

Path 2: Move Downloads Folder to D Drive with System Genius

Step 1: In your Windows 10 PC, download and install iSunshare System Genius, a smart tool that is developed to assist users in easily optimizing Windows OS through three aspects: remove useless junk files & invalid Registry entries, clean up the system disk and manage startup programs as well as Windows services.

Step 2: Run the tool. Then click System Disk in the left function menu and select Downloads Transfer in the upper place of the right pane. And you can see that all the downloaded files have already been checked for you.

Step 3: Click Select to set the folder you made in part one as the location and the D drive's Downloads folder will be chosen here.

Step 4: At last, hit Move to begin moving the Downloads folder from C drive to D drive.

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