How to Move Adobe Premiere to Another Drive [Efficient Solutions]

When the C drive is nearly full, you might want to know how to move Premiere to another drive. This guide will offer two ways to move Premiere to another drive without reinstalling.

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Are you looking for a way to move Adobe Premiere to another drive? If so, you are in the right place. This passage will offer two efficient ways to teach you how to move Adobe Premiere to another drive. Keep reading, and hope this passage will be helpful to you. 

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Method 1. Move Adobe Premiere to Another Drive via EaseUS Todo PCTrans

Guide 1. Move Adobe Premiere to Another Drive...Full steps

Guide 2. Move Adobe Premiere Files to Another Drive...Full steps

Method 2. Move Adobe Premiere to Another Drive via Adobe Creative Cloud Step 1. Open Creative Cloud App, click the button in the upper right corner, and choose "Preferences."...Full steps

Before giving the step-by-step guide, let's figure out why we need to move Adobe Premiere to another drive.

Why We Need to Move Adobe Premiere to Another Drive

Adobe Premiere is a video editing software developed by Adobe. It provides a complete process from video capture to DVD burning and is efficiently integrated with other Adobe software. The default download path of Windows 10 for Adobe is on C drive. If C drive is full, or you want to put your Adobe Premiere data on a different drive, you may need to move the installed Adobe program to another drive.

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But moving programs can't be as easy as copying files. If you take an incorrect or unreasonable way, it will not only cause the move to fail but may even cause data loss. This article will provide reliable ways to help you successfully move Adobe Premiere to another drive.

How to Move Adobe Premiere to Another Drive

Here I provide two ways to move Adobe Premiere to another drive:

Method 1. Move Adobe Premiere to Another Drive via EaseUS Todo PCTrans

Method 2. Move Adobe Premiere to Another Drive via Adobe Creative Cloud

Method 1 will use an all-in-one transfer utility that will help you avoid the hassle of reinstalling. Method 2 is to change the installation location of Adobe Premiere so that you can install Adobe Apps on external hard drive or another drive. You can choose the way you prefer and follow the step-by-step guide below to finish moving Adobe Premiere.

Method 1. Move Adobe Premiere to Another Drive via EaseUS Todo PCTrans

EaseUS Todo PCTrans can move programs, applications, folders, and other data from one drive to another. And you don't need to install it to run properly on the new path.

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This reliable software helps you to move Adobe Premiere and Adobe cache files to another drive safely. No need to worry about the difficulty of the operation. Follow the steps below, and you can complete the task.

Guide 1. Move Adobe Premiere to Another Drive

EaseUS Todo PCTrans offer the "App Migration" to allow you to move Adobe Premiere to another drive. Just need three steps, and you can finish moving Premiere to another drive without reinstalling: 

Step 1. Run EaseUS Todo PCTrans on your PC

Go to "App Migration" and click "Start" to continue.

Select app migration transfer mode

Step 2. Select programs to move from C drive to another drive

1. Tick the C drive and select programs (marked as "Yes") that you want to transfer.

2. Click the triangle icon to select another drive on your computer as the destination, and click "Transfer" to start the process.

select programs to transfer

Step 3. Finish the transferring

Wait patiently until the transferring process finishes and click "OK" to confirm. 

finish transferring programs from C drive to another drive

When it has done, you can restart PC if necessary. This will keep all changes on your PC and then you can run and programs from another hard drive without reinstallation.

By using this way, you can also move an After Effect Project to another drive or move games to another drive.

Guide 2. Move Adobe Premiere Files to Another Drive

Premiere Pro's cache files are temporary files that can be regenerated anytime and help the program work quickly and smoothly. However, cache files will use a sizable amount of storage space. EaseUS Todo PCTrans is excellent file transfer software that allows you to move these files to another drive and free up space:

Step 1. Create a backup file of the source hard drive

Launch EaseUS Todo PCTrans on your Windows computer. Navigate to the "Backup & Restore" mode and click "Start".

choose image transfer mode to create a hard drive image

Hover your mouse over "Data Backup", and click "Next". Later, confirm the default settings of the file name and file path, or you can customize the settings on your own.

choose create image file to create a hard drive image

Now select the items you want to transfer to the other hard drive. EaseUS Todo PCTrans allows users to create backup files of multiple file types, including applications, personal data, and user accounts. To transfer files from one drive to another, deselect the "Applications" and "Accounts", hover your mouse over "Files", and click "Edit".

choose files to create a hard drive image

This is where you need to select files on the source drive. Expand the drive so you can selectively choose desired files, after then click "Finish". In the end, click "Backup". Wait for the process completes. 

edit files to create a hard drive image

Step 2. Restore the file to the destination drive

Launch EaseUS Todo PCTrans and follow the same way to reach the step of selecting a transfer method. This time choose "Data Restore" and click "Next".

choose recover via image file to restore the image file to other drive

Choose the existing backup file presenting on the interface, or navigate to the exact file path where the backup file is, click "Restore".

click recover to restore the image file to other drive

You're back to the "Files", click "Edit" to get in. The backup file is viewable here. You need to click the pencil icon to set the target location, which is the other hard drive, and submit the change. After the basic settings, click "Finish" and finally "Restore". Wait patiently until the transfer process is over. 

recover image file to restore the image file to other drive

This complicated tool also supports users to transfer files from PC to laptop. For large files, EaseUS Todo PCTrans can also make you know how to transfer large files from PC to PC easily. 

Method 2. Move Adobe Premiere to Another Drive via Adobe Creative Cloud

Adobe Creative Cloud is a collection of cloud-based software and services developed and distributed for creative applications. Adobe apps can be installed and uninstalled by users in the Adobe Creative Cloud. Follow the steps below to change the installation location of Adobe Premiere.

Step 1. Open Creative Cloud App, click the button in the upper right corner, and choose "Preferences."

select preferences

Step 2. Then select a different drive as the new location for Premiere by clicking "Change..." on the "Creative Cloud" tab.

click change

Step 3. Reinstall Premiere after "uninstalling" it. It will be installed in our new site rather than the former position.

Conclusion 

This article analyzes the reasons for moving Adobe Premiere to another drive. The main reason is to free up space on the C drive and to migrate Adobe Premiere's data. With the two methods provided above, moving Adobe Premiere to another drive is no longer a difficult task.

EaseUS Todo PCTrans can help you move Adobe Premiere to another drive easily and safely. It is a powerful pc to pc utility, and you can also utilize it to move Adobe software to another computer. Download it, and it will help you to manage all kinds of applications easily.

FAQs About Move Adobe Premiere to Another Drive

Hope the two methods mentioned in the passage can help you move Adobe Premiere to another drive. This part will summarize some frequently asked questions about Adobe programs. If you are interested, keep reading.

1. Can I move Adobe from C to D?

It depends on the two situations. For Adobe Creative Cloud, you cannot move it from C to D. Because it is installed on C drive by default, and you can't change the location. However, you can move Adobe programs, such as Photoshop, Premiere, and After Effects projects, to another drive.

2. How do I install Premiere Pro on a different drive?

You can install Premiere Pro on a different drive by changing the location in Adobe Creative Cloud. And follow the steps below to install Premiere Pro on different drives:

Step 1. Select Preferences after selecting the Account icon in the top right.

Step 2. Choose Apps from the sidebar.

Step 3. Choose the target drive by clicking the edit icon next to the Install location.

3. Can I use Premiere Pro on two computers?

Yes, you can use Premiere Pro on two computers. Your license lets you have this ability. But you should only use one at one time. And you can use EaseUS Partition to move or transfer Premiere Pro to another computer easily and quickly.

About the Author

Updated by Tracy King

Tracy became a member of the EaseUS content team in 2013. Being a technical writer for over 10 years, she is enthusiastic about sharing tips to assist readers in resolving complex issues in disk management, file transfer, PC & Mac performance optimization, etc., like an expert.

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Cici is the junior editor of the writing team of EaseUS. She accepted the systematic training on computers at EaseUS for over one year. Now, she wrote a lot of professional articles to help people resolve the issues of hard drive corruption, computer boot errors, and disk partition problems.

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How to Move Adobe Premiere to Another Drive [Efficient Solutions]

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