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Artur Klesun f5faead24a
Clear confusion about Download directory vs blobfiles in lbry-directories.md (#1375) 
See https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop/issues/3891

Me, and I believe many other people mistakenly assumed the `Download directory` in the settings to be the place where seeded content is stored. There are some tickets of people getting surprised after getting notification about no space left on system disk despite them specifying this directory to be on a different volume.

After adding this note I hope it will become easier for people to understand what are the steps to seed properly and not worry about their system disk getting clogged.

Feedback and corrections to the message are also welcome.
2021-04-05 10:29:00 -04:00

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Where are all the behind the scenes files? powerusers

Depending on which OS and wallet you use, LBRY files may be stored in several places.

Windows

  • C:\Program Files\LBRY [32-bit located in Program Files(x86)] - LBRY application itself
  • C:\Users\%USER%\AppData\Local\lbry\lbrynet or %localappdata%\lbry\lbrynet - Daemon configuration, logs, encrypted blob files
  • C:\Users\%USER%\AppData\Local\lbry\lbryum or %localappdata%\lbry\lbryum - Wallet and blockchain data

*If you originally installed v0.14 and below, the lbrynet and lbryum directories will be in %appdata%

MacOS

  • ~/Library/Application Support/LBRY - LBRY application, daemon configuration, logs and encrypted blob files
  • ~/.lbryum - Wallet and blockchain data
  • ~/.lbrycrd - Location for lbrycrdd full blockchain data (separate install)

Hint: copy/paste the above directories into Finder - Click Go from the Finder top menu bar, then Go To Folder

Linux

  • /opt/LBRY - LBRY application itself
  • ~/.local/share/lbry/lbrynet - Daemon configuration and encrypted blob files
  • ~/.local/share/lbry/lbryum - Wallet and blockchain headers
  • ~/.lbrycrd - Location for lbrycrdd full blockchain data (separate install)

*If you originally installed v0.14 and below, the lbrynet and lbryum directories will be ~/.lbrynet / ~/.lbryum

Android

Use file manager to navigate to the path below

  • Internal storage/android/data/io.lbry.browser/files/lbrynet - Daemon configuration, logs, encrypted blob files
  • Internal storage/android/data/io.lbry.browser/files/lbryum - Wallet and blockchain data

Note: do not confuse blobfiles with Download directory that you define in app settings. The Download directory is just a path where all downloaded files are copied for your potential convenience, the files placed there are not used by LBRY anyhow. You can disable saving copies of all viewed content in Advanced Settings. If you want to change the location of actual /blobfiles/ participating in LBRY network distribution, refer to this instruction.