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    <desc>Where does <app>Evolution</app> store my data on the harddisk?</desc>
    
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    <credit type="author">
      <name its:translate="no">Andre Klapper</name>
      <email its:translate="no">ak-47@gmx.net</email>
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<title>Data storage locations</title>

<note style="tip">
<p>This is only relevant for advanced users who want to debug problems.</p>
</note>

<p><app>Evolution</app> 3.6 and later stores its data according to the <link href="https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/basedir-spec">XDG Base Directory Specification</link>. By default this means:</p>

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<item>
<title>The user's data files</title>
<p><file>$HOME/.local/share/evolution</file></p>
</item>
<item>
<title>Various configuration and state files</title>
<p><file>$HOME/.config/evolution</file></p>
</item>
<item>
<title>Account settings</title>
<p><file>$HOME/.config/evolution/sources</file></p>
</item>
<item>
<title>Configuration settings in GSettings</title>
<p><file>$HOME/.config/dconf</file></p>
<note style="info"><p>This location also includes settings of other applications. To output only Evolution related data on the screen, the <link href="https://developer.gnome.org/dconf/"><app>Dconf</app></link> commands <cmd>dconf dump /org/gnome/evolution/</cmd> and <cmd>dconf dump /org/gnome/evolution-data-server/</cmd> can be used.</p></note>
</item>
<item>
<title>Disposable data caches</title>
<p><file>$HOME/.cache/evolution</file></p>
</item>
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