Title: How to define temp folder?
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# How to define temp folder?

 *  [sem101](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sem101/)
 * (@sem101)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-define-temp-folder/)
 * Hi, I see that there is a temp folder required inside wp-content/uploads/backwpup-
   XXXX.
 * Is there a way to define temp folder outside public_html?
 * **Change: **
    /path/to/example.com/public_html/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/backupwp-
   XXXX
 * **To:**
    /path/to/example.com/tmp/backwpup-XXXX/
 * Thanks!
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