Where Does Wallpaper Engine Store Wallpapers?
Wallpaper Engine files subscribed wallpapers under a workshop folder numbered 431960, with projects kept separately.
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Wallpaper Engine leans on Steam's workshop plumbing for downloads. Every subscribed wallpaper lands in a content folder named after the app ID 431960, one numbered subfolder per wallpaper.
The number is the app's Steam ID, constant across installs, which makes the path greppable on any drive. Created wallpapers live apart in the install's projects tree. Official help documents a backup flow that relocates downloads without confusing Steam's sync.
Where Wallpaper Engine stores this, by platform
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\workshop\content\431960
One numbered folder per subscribed wallpaper. Back up by copying to projects and renaming to backup; never delete here by hand.
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\wallpaper_engine\projects
Created wallpapers live here rather than the workshop tree. Find it via Steam properties, Local Files, Browse for non default library locations.
Frequently asked questions
How do I back up subscribed wallpapers?
Copy the 431960 folder into the install's projects folder and rename it backup, per official help. Each wallpaper keeps its Workshop ID folder name. Never delete the workshop originals by hand: unsubscribe and let Steam clean up.
Where are wallpapers I made myself?
Created wallpapers live under projects and myprojects in the install folder, not the workshop tree. Browse Local Files from Steam properties to find them. Workshop uploads copy from there.
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