I changed the location of my folder where the PDF files are stored. I also changed the path in the “Library Properties”.My problem is, how can I automatically change the path for all entries that point to the old location? Example: old: /user/documents/literature new: /user/literature I’m using …

I would replace the strings in the file field directly, which can be done via edit > find and replace (ctrl + R) [grafik]

@ThiloteE The method works well. Thanks a lot to everyone for your quick help.

How to change automatically links of pdf files

Siedlerchr (Christoph) February 18, 2026, 12:30pm 2

Hi,

Hi, you can try the option Quality → Automatically set File links

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