Personal root folders cannot be backed up via groups
Group folders cannot hold a personal root folder, so a full backup of a family's Nextcloud needs several accounts and a separate backup of each personal area.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
3 public reports · first reported 8 October 2026 · last reported 9 October 2026
What's going wrong
A household using Nextcloud for shared files, business files, and personal folders found that group folders cannot replace each user's personal root folder.
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