# Site Packages location

**URL:** <https://discuss.python.org/t/site-packages-location/19606>\
**Category:** Python Help\
**Created:** [September 30, 2022, 11:28pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/site-packages-location/19606 "2022-09-30T23:28:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![osgaldor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/osgaldor/32/6390_2.png) [@osgaldor](https://discuss.python.org/u/osgaldor)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 11:28pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/site-packages-location/19606/1 "2022-09-30T23:28:18Z")

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I’m trying to find the site packages folder to save my modules to. I’m using Windows 10 Home, I have looked everywhere and can’t find it. Can someone tell me an easy way to get to it?

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**Author:** ![steven.daprano](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/steven.daprano/32/1083_2.png) [@steven.daprano](https://discuss.python.org/u/steven.daprano)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2022, 1:20am UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/site-packages-location/19606/2 "2022-10-01T01:20:36Z")

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Please run this code and tell us what it prints:

```python
import sys
print(sys.path)

```

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**Author:** ![osgaldor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/osgaldor/32/6390_2.png) [@osgaldor](https://discuss.python.org/u/osgaldor)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2022, 1:47am UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/site-packages-location/19606/3 "2022-10-01T01:47:49Z")

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It printed this path:  
C:\Users\osgal\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\python310.zip’, ‘C:\Users\osgal\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\DLLs’, ‘C:\Users\osgal\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib’, ‘C:\Users\osgal\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310’, ‘C:\Users\osgal\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages’]

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**Author:** ![osgaldor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/osgaldor/32/6390_2.png) [@osgaldor](https://discuss.python.org/u/osgaldor)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2022, 2:22am UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/site-packages-location/19606/4 "2022-10-01T02:22:18Z")

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I see it there at the end, but how do I use it?

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**Author:** ![eric.fahlgren](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/eric.fahlgren/32/2986_2.png) [@eric.fahlgren](https://discuss.python.org/u/eric.fahlgren)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2022, 4:15pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/site-packages-location/19606/5 "2022-10-03T16:15:47Z")

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Even better is

```auto
python -m site

```

If you want to create your own packages, just put the package directory in `C:\Users\osgal\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages`. Normally though, just use `pip install blah-blah` to download and install the `blah-blah` package there.