This post shows students and new users steps to locate and use the Music folder in Windows 11. The Music folder is one of the default system folders created for each user in Windows 11 that is used as a default location to save one’s Music and other audio data.
The Music folder is important, although not critical. It simply provides a unified storage location for saved Music and audio data, so you don’t look everywhere to find the content you saved on your computer.
When you import music files and other audio data, Windows will attempt to store them in your Music folder automatically. This is the default behavior in Windows.
If you are an administrator, you can use folder redirection to modify or change the location of Music to reside on a network share or another partition.
The Music folder was previously known as My Music in previous versions of Windows. In Windows 10 and 11, it is now known simply as Music.
To find the Music folder in Windows 11, follow the steps below.
How to locate the Music folder in Windows 11
In Windows, the default location for the Music folder in each user’s profile is C:\Users\<username>\Music.
Replacing <username> with your Windows account name. Windows also allows users to change or move Music or other personal folders to a different location anytime.
Depending on how you have customized your Start menu, links to the Music folder may appear on your Start menu. If you click the Music option on the Start menu, Windows opens an Explorer window to display the Music library.
You can also browse the Music folder via File Explorer. The File Explorer icon is the button with the folder icon on the taskbar.
In File Explorer, the Music folder has a shortcut in the navigation pane on the left under Quick access.
This is the quickest way to get to the Music folder in Windows. One can also click the This PC ==> Local Disk (C:) ==> Users ==> <username> ==> Music to get to the Music folder.
Replacing <username> with your Windows account name.
Another way to quickly get to your Music folder is via your user profile folder. Use the User Profile variable in your profile folder and find all folders in your home directory.
How to add the Music folder on the Start menu in Windows 11
Windows also allows users to add Music or other personal folders to the Start menu button for easy access.
To add the Music folder to the Start menu, use the steps below:
- Press the Windows key + I to bring up the Windows Settings app.
- Navigate to Personalization ==> Start tile, then under Folders, choose which folders appear on Start next to the Power button.
The Music folder will appear on the Start menu next to the Power button.
This is another quick way to access the Music folder in Windows 11.
As mentioned above, one can move the Music folder to other locations or change application settings to choose a different folder to save files and new content. Your Music folder is also in your Libraries, which can be enabled using a few clicks.
That should do it!
Conclusion:
This post showed you how to locate and use the Music folder in Windows 11. Please use the comment form below if you find errors or have something to add.
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