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I originally had a Downloads folder, but decided to create a separate partition for it.



So I renamed Downloads to Downloads2. I know, I should have just cut and pasted the content, but this seemed easier.



Anyway: for some reason Downloads2 was now the default Downloads directory. It even got the Ubuntu Download icon (the arrow alone)



But no matter what I do now: Downloads2 is still the default download directory. Even changing its name does nothing this time around. How is that possible? And how do I change it?


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Nautilus-the-file-browser is smart enough to notice that you're renaming a "special" folder ("Downloads" in your case) and adjust its settings to use the new name.



The settings are stored in the file $HOME/.config/user-dirs.dirs - you can either edit this or just do some trickery with renaming your current Downloads2 back to Downloads via Nautilus.



Then you can move the contents from there to a separate partition and then mounting that partition as $HOME/Downloads.



See this question for more details.


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