With nearly 50 GB of content, Valorant is certainly a sizable game. For the same reason, redownloading it every time you need to move the installation folder to a different drive or directory can certainly be a hassle.
You can feel the need to move Valorant to a different drive for a number of reasons. For instance, if you find your HDD load times to be too slow, you can load Valorant on an SSD for lightning-fast load times.
Luckily, you don’t have to re-download the entire game every time you decide to move Valorant to another folder. In this article, we take a look at how you can move the Valorant installation folder in just a few steps without having to download nearly 50 GB worth of content.
How To Change Valorant Installation Folder To Another Drive
First, let’s take a look at how you can change Valorant’s installation folder to another drive if you don’t already have the game installed.
In this scenario, simply follow these steps:
- Go to the official Valorant website.
- Click “Download”.
- Wait for the download to finish.
- Launch “Install Valorant.exe”
- Go to “Advanced Options.”
- Change the installation path to the drive where you’d like to install Valorant.
- Finish the installation process.
How To Move Valorant Installation Folder To Another Drive
If you already have the game installed, and simply wish to move it to another drive without having to redownload the game, follow these steps:
- Go to your Valorant installation folder.
- Right-click the ‘VALORANT’ folder and select Cut.
- Head over to the drive where you want Valorant to be installed.
- Create a new folder and rename it to ‘Riot Games’.
- Open the folder, right-click, and paste the VALORANT folder.
- Launch Riot Client.
- Click on Valorant and hit ‘Play’.
- You’ll see an error pop up and the ‘Play’ button switches to ‘Install’.
- Click ‘Install’.
- Click on the folder icon located next to the install path.
- Manually enter the file location where you pasted the new VALORANT folder.
- Wait for the Riot Client to detect your game files.
- Click ‘Play’ to start playing.
That’s all you need to do to move Valorant to a different directory without downloading all its contents again.
