# How can I change the Working Directory of Pluto?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-can-i-change-the-working-directory-of-pluto/65576>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Created:** [July 30, 2021, 11:54pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-can-i-change-the-working-directory-of-pluto/65576 "2021-07-30T23:54:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![cybervigilante](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/cybervigilante/32/26687_2.png) [@cybervigilante](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/cybervigilante)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2021, 11:54pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-can-i-change-the-working-directory-of-pluto/65576/1 "2021-07-30T23:54:24Z")

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I know how to do this with Jupyter, but there is scant info on the Pluto config file or where it is. My C drive is too full and I don’t like cluttering up my home directory, so I use an external drive.

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**Author:** ![ToucheSir](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/touchesir/32/14411_2.png) [@ToucheSir](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ToucheSir)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2021, 1:46am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-can-i-change-the-working-directory-of-pluto/65576/2 "2021-07-31T01:46:21Z")

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I’m not entirely sure if/how this is done for a new, unsaved notebook, but saving a notebook as a `.jl` file somewhere seems to change the `pwd` appropriately.