Where Does Tauon Music Box Store Playlists and Settings?
Where Tauon keeps state.p, playlists, and settings on Linux, Flatpak, Windows, and portable builds.
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Tauon keeps its world in one data folder: ~/.local/share/TauonMusicBox on Linux, a Flatpak sandbox path for that build, ./user-data for portable, and an INetCache path on Windows. state.p inside holds playlists, database, and settings.
The fastest route is the Open data folder button under Menu > Settings, which beats every typed path in this post. Copy that folder with the app closed and the whole library state moves. star.p beside state.p guards loves and counts through resets.
Where Tauon Music Box stores this, by platform
~/.local/share/TauonMusicBox
state.p, star.p, tauon.conf, and playlist exports here. Use the in app button to open it directly. Honors the data folder relocation in settings for multi disk setups.
~/.var/app/com.github.taiko2k.tauonmb/data/TauonMusicBox
Same filenames inside the sandbox data path. Flatpak permissions for music folders are separate from data, so grant both. Portable builds keep ./user-data beside the binary instead.
Frequently asked questions
how do i back up tauon music box
Copy the whole TauonMusicBox data folder to the matching path on the new machine with the app closed (Linux: ~/.local/share/TauonMusicBox). Playlists, ratings, and settings travel inside state.p. Music files relink by path, so keep folder layouts identical.
how do i reset tauon settings
Delete state.p and state.p.backup (plus tauon.conf optionally) with Tauon closed. That wipes playlists and most settings while keeping loves and play counts in star.p. The Open data folder button under Menu > Settings reaches the files without typing.
where is the tauon database
In state.p inside the data folder: playlists, track database, and options together. star.p beside it holds loves and play times independently. Back up both files; neither is human readable, so copies are the only interface.
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