---
id: backups.how-do-i-change-a-backup-destination
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/backups/how-do-i-change-a-backup-destination
category: "Backups & restore points"
subcategory: "Managing backup sets and destinations"
question: "How do I change where a backup set backs up to?"
alt_questions:
  - "Change backup destination"
  - "move my backup to a new drive"
  - "switch backup to another cloud account"
  - "Change destination alert"
  - "new backup drive for existing set"
short_answer: "Choose the new drive or account in the set's Destination menu and confirm Change destination. A fresh backup starts there; versions at the old location stay put but get no new backups."
tags: ["destination", "change", "versions"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/backups/how-do-i-disconnect-a-backup-destination", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/backups/does-the-passphrase-change-when-i-change-destination"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

# How do I change where a backup set backs up to?

Open the set's **Destination** menu and choose the new drive or account. If the set already has versions somewhere else, Storage Studio asks first: switching **starts a fresh backup** at the new destination, and the versions already saved at the old location stay put — but new backups won't go to them.

Click **Change destination** to confirm. Keep the old drive or account if you might need its history; you can point a set back at it later. The set's passphrase stays the same either way.