Where Does Franz Store Local Data?
Franz keeps app state, service partitions, and cache in a local folder per OS. Your accounts themselves stay with each service.
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Franz is an Electron wrapper around your messaging services, and its local folder mirrors that design. App shell state sits in app-state.json files at the top level, while each connected service gets its own partition folder with cookies, local storage, and cache.
That split makes repairs easy. Glitchy shell means resetting app state. One broken service means clearing just its partition and signing in again, with everything else left alone. Either job takes a minute with the app fully quit first.
Where Franz stores this, by platform
%APPDATA%\Franz
App state files plus a partitions folder with per-service browser storage. Custom recipes live under recipes/dev. Clearing partitions signs services out locally only.
~/Library/Application Support/Franz
Same layout as Windows: app state at top level, partitions per service, recipes under recipes/dev. Use Go to Folder in Finder to reach it.
~/.config/Franz
Same interior as the other platforms. The recipes/dev path is where manual plugin installs go on Linux as well.
Frequently asked questions
How do I reset Franz without losing my account?
Close Franz, then move app-state.json and the partitions folder out to a desktop backup. Relaunch and sign services in again; your Franz account and plan are untouched by this reset.
How do I fully uninstall Franz?
Delete the app, then delete the Franz data folder for your OS. Custom recipes live in a recipes subfolder, so export any dev recipes first if you built your own.
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