Where Does Claude Mobile Store Chats?
Where the Claude mobile app keeps chats on Android and iPhone, while history lives in cloud. See the folder table below.
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Claude mobile is chat cloud with a native shell. Your threads, projects, and files live in the Anthropic account. Each phone holds login, preferences, and cached thread previews.
Same login means same chats. Exact cache names shift with releases. Keep online during swaps so pending uploads finish. If chats vanish, check the login method first. A personal versus work email split is the usual empty history cause with AI assistants. When in doubt, verify paths inside the app before trusting a remembered folder.
Where Claude Mobile stores this, by platform
/sdcard/Android/data/com.anthropic.claude
Chats follow your Claude login. Phone holds thread cache plus working copy. Projects live in cloud. Match the email exactly on the new phone.
On My iPhone/Claude
Threads live in the Claude container plus cloud. Sign in to restore projects. Phone reinstall never touches cloud chats or files.
Frequently asked questions
How do I move Claude chats to a new phone?
Sign in on the new phone with the same email and chats return from the cloud. Phone holds login and thread cache only. Projects read from account. Check the email before wiping, since a second account shows empty and hides Pro features.
Does clearing Claude cache delete my chats?
No. Claude streams threads from your Anthropic account. The mobile wrapper caches covers and login for speed. Deleting cache logs out at worst but never deletes a chat. Reopen from the sidebar after clearing and sign back in.
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