Storage label change with storage templates disabled — does it have any effect?

[prashantmall1997]

Setup

I had been using Immich with a single user (userA) who also had the admin role. By default, userA received the admin storage label. Storage templates were disabled (default).

What I did

I recently added a dedicated admin account and:

• Assigned storage label admin to the new admin account
• Changed storage label for userA to userA
• Removed admin privileges from userA

The goal was to separate daily use from administration.

Question

Since storage templates are disabled, I'm assuming this storage label change has no effect whatsoever on how files are stored on disk?

Checking my filesystem confirms:

• /upload/{user-UUID}/ — contains all data ✅
• /library/ — empty

So it seems files are stored by user UUID regardless of storage label when templates are off. Is this correct? And if I were to enable storage templates in the future and run the migration job, would it then use the current storage label (userA) to organise files — meaning the old admin label is no longer relevant?

Any clarification appreciated!