How To Change iTunes Backup Location In Windows 10/11 PC

Here's how to change the iTunes backup location on Windows 10 or 11 PC.

One crucial feature of iTunes is its backup functionality, which allows users to create backups of their iOS devices to prevent data loss. By default, iTunes stores these backups on your primary system drive (usually the C: drive).

However, with the release of Windows 11, you might want to change the iTunes backup location to manage your storage space efficiently. In this tutorial video, you'll be guided on how to change the iTunes backup location on Windows 11.

iTunes Command
cmd /c mklink /J "OldLocationpath\Backup" "New Location"

Timestamps
0:00 - Introduction
1:13 - Find the iTunes backup location
2:14 - Rename the backup folder
2:43 - Find the new iTunes backup location
3:28 - How To Change iTunes Backup Location In Windows 11 PC
8:52 - Test to show the new iTunes backup location
10:41 - Conclusion

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[reddesert]

This was very helpful thank you! The other methods online did not work for me but your method in the video worked perfect.

[RBUCLA]

Thank you! Extremely helpful and clear explanations. Very much appreciated.

[hplaptop]

when i paste this link in powershall it shows error C:\Windows\System32>cmd /c mklink /J Backup\" "D:\ItunesBackup"
Cannot create a file when that file already exists.
PLEASE HELP

[byhngrz]

Thanks a lot, finally it worked!!'

[ylseolivares]

I made a mistake writing down the path so How I reverse the prompt?

[Amad.]

can you do a video for apple devices app

[hamedashrafi]

Does this process affect the restoring of backup?
I mean will the iTunes be able to restore the backup from the new location?

[darkovidovic]

Thank you for this best explanation of command writing yet!

[flyvmax]

Thank you very I followed your recommendation and it My Iphone 13 Pro is badly damaged with no wifi, bluetooth or cellular capabilities and restoring the data using wireless/cable less is not an option. Backing up took almost 13 hrs to complete 🤕and now I'm in the process of restoring the old data into the new phone. I was lucky to find your video after several attempts to perform data backup failed due to not enough space in the laptop (I'm using itunes). With your video, now the backup data is in the removable HD.

[jffortier]

My current backup is on a network drive, AD roaming profile... I can't figure out how to do it, NTFS local path is required in the command line and the ... is not the valid path in my case🤷‍♂

[festivebiatch]

OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH! This was very helpful! I appreciate your time to teach this to us noobs!

[aju]

I can't get the power shell option what i will do brother

[ciprian]

It worked!Thank you.I tried another method from another user and it didn't worked.you're the best!

[mrstans]

Worked on first attempt. Excellent video, thanks!

[waladdin]

That was very helpful, it helped to save a huge space on "C", may I ask (Just in case) I want to cancel this command and get back to the original setup, what to do?

[mayolivares]

hello sir, do I still need to have enough space to my drive c to make this work? I intend to back up a substantial 200GB of files; however, my current drive C is insufficient in terms of storage capacity.

[abdullahbatheeb]

Thanks a lot . It worked fine, but it seems to backup in both locations!

[thiagooliver]

hey, I made a backup a while ago, can't remember the encrypted password of the file, any way to help me?

[Jcp]

Thank You so much for this tutorial! You were very thorough & easy to understand. 😊🙏🏼

[justhumannet]

Brooo thank you sooo much I finally did it the way you show me how to do it its to easy ❤