Where Does Ultimate Guitar Store Tabs and Favorites?
Where Ultimate Guitar keeps tabs and favorites on Android and iPhone, and what syncs with login for backup.
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Ultimate Guitar syncs library state to your account and caches tab content on the device. Favorites, playlists, and purchases follow login. Offline tab files and images sit privately for quick access and dark stage use.
That split explains most missing tab reports. Signed out users see only local cache. Signed in users get the full cloud list. For backup, the account is the record. Export setlists you edited heavily as PDFs, since app updates occasionally reshape playlist ordering. Cloud sync covers the list, local cache covers the stage.
Where Ultimate Guitar stores this, by platform
/sdcard/Android/data/com.ultimateguitar.tabs
Favorites sync to your Ultimate Guitar account. Offline tabs cache privately. A shared folder may appear under Android data on some builds, with names varying by release.
On My iPhone/Ultimate Guitar
Tabs live in the Ultimate Guitar container under On My iPhone. Sign in to restore favorites, then redownload offline songs. Export setlists before reinstalling.
Frequently asked questions
How do I move Ultimate Guitar tabs to a new phone?
Sign in on the new phone and favorites, playlists, and purchases return from the account. Offline tabs stay on the old phone in private storage. Reopen My Tabs and download the songs you need. Manual folder copies need root and usually fail.
Does Ultimate Guitar work offline?
Yes for tabs you saved for offline use. They live in private storage plus cache. The shared Android data folder may show a cache copy on some builds. Use the in app download toggle per song instead of hunting folders, since names shift with updates.
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