Where Does Pulsar Store Playlists and Music?
Pulsar plays local music files from shared storage and keeps playlists and settings in private app storage. Audio stays yours, always as files.
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Pulsar is a files-first player. Your MP3s, FLACs, and artwork sit in normal folders like Music, on internal storage or SD card, and Pulsar simply indexes them. No account, no cloud, no lock-in: the collection is browsable with any file manager.
Playlists and play counts are the fragile half, kept in private app storage that references file paths. Move the audio first, keep folder names identical, and rebuild lists after. Scoped storage on modern Android hides the app internals from browsers, so manage playlists inside Pulsar rather than by hand.
Where Pulsar Music Player stores this, by platform
/storage/emulated/0/Music/
Audio files stay in shared folders you manage. Playlists reference paths, so keep folder names identical across moves. Exact database folder names may vary by version.
Frequently asked questions
Does Pulsar work fully offline?
Yes. Pulsar reads whatever sits in Music and other folders, including SD cards, with no account or sync. Organize with plain folders and playlists; the app never moves or renames your audio. Missing songs usually mean a renamed folder or an unmounted card.
Do playlists transfer to a new phone?
Recreate them from the files, since Pulsar playlists reference paths that change on a new phone. Copy the audio folders over first with identical names, then rebuild lists inside Pulsar. Screenshot complex orders before moving.
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