user33188: I am a rather new Bitcoin user, running bitcoin-qt on Linux.  However, due to limited disk space, the application is taking up too much of my drive.  I'm guessing this is due to the ever-expanding blockchain?  So, I was wondering if there is a way to relocate the data from bitcoin-qt to elsewhere.  I have another drive connected to my computer that I could put it on, but I do not know how to safely relocate it.  Thanks for taking a look!

user24974: I recommend reading about the Bitcoin Data Directory.  You should also take a look at this answer:  How do I specify in which directory Bitcoin blocks and other data should be stored?
Basically, all your Bitcoin data is stored in ~/.bitcoin on Linux.  Not only can you specify a different location for this directory using -datadir=/some/other/directory, but you could also symlink ~/.bitcoin to some other directory on a secondary disk or network share, like this:
ln -s /some/other/directory ~/.bitcoin
However, from personal experience, I would suggest not using a network share.

33188: <p>I am a rather new Bitcoin user, running bitcoin-qt on Linux.  However, due to limited disk space, the application is taking up too much of my drive.  I'm guessing this is due to the ever-expanding blockchain?  So, I was wondering if there is a way to relocate the data from bitcoin-qt to elsewhere.  I have another drive connected to my computer that I could put it on, but I do not know how to safely relocate it.  Thanks for taking a look!</p>
 24974: <p>I recommend reading about the <a href="https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Data_directory" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Bitcoin Data Directory</a>.  You should also take a look at this answer:  <a href="https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/10551/how-do-i-specify-in-which-directory-bitcoin-blocks-and-other-data-should-be-stor">How do I specify in which directory Bitcoin blocks and other data should be stored?</a></p>

<p>Basically, all your Bitcoin data is stored in <code>~/.bitcoin</code> on Linux.  Not only can you specify a different location for this directory using <code>-datadir=/some/other/directory</code>, but you could also symlink <code>~/.bitcoin</code> to some other directory on a secondary disk or network share, like this:</p>

<p><code>ln -s /some/other/directory ~/.bitcoin</code></p>

<p>However, from personal experience, I would suggest not using a network share.</p>
