Where Does FreeTube Store Subscriptions and Settings?
FreeTube profiles, playlists, history and settings databases per OS.
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FreeTube keeps subscriptions, playlists, history and settings as local database files in per-OS app-data folders, never on an account server. Losing the folder orphans years of curated subs at once.
Export profiles in-app plus copy the folder before reinstalls. Databases are plain readable files that copy cleanly when FreeTube is closed.
Where FreeTube stores this, by platform
%APPDATA%\FreeTube
Holds profiles.db, settings.db, playlists.db, history.db and caches. Copy with FreeTube closed. Dev builds may use an Electron folder instead.
~/Library/Application Support/FreeTube
macOS database mirror with the same db files. Open through Finder Go to Folder. Same closed-before-copy rule.
~/.config/FreeTube
Linux config-tree databases. Flatpak builds use ~/.var/app/io.freetubeapp.FreeTube/config/FreeTube instead.
Frequently asked questions
How do I back up FreeTube subscriptions?
Export profiles in-app and copy the folder above with FreeTube closed. Profiles.db above is the file that matters most.
Where is FreeTube watch history?
In history.db inside the folders above. Delete it in-app for selective pruning instead of raw deletes.
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