I want to have 2 Joplin instances on separate monitors with 2 different existing profiles open. Is it possible to open an existing profile in the secondary app instance? After I open the secondary instance, and I try to switch profile, there's only the default profile available: [image] I have a…

So at the end I made it moving the folder: check which folder corresponds to the profile in profile.json close Joplin move all the files and folders (the most important are resources, settings.json, database.sqlite, window-state-prod.json, lock) from the ~/.config/joplin-desktop/profile-abcdefgh d…

[image] banan314: Is it possible to open an existing profile in the secondary app instance? Many of us would like to use the second instance like this : we open it and all profiles are the same than in the first instance. So we open one profile inside the first instance and another one insid…

Have a look at this topic: [image] Multiple instances Support The current design for a second instance works for me. My use case would be to be able to, for example, have one instance for work notes and another for private ones. But it seems that it's only possible to star…

[image] banan314: I guess I can delete the profile from my primary instance and set it up again in the secondary one. Have a look at this topic: [image] How to safely remove added profile exclamation_question_markSupport Operating system Windows Joplin …

[image] Steph: Of course you can export (.jex) the datas of a profile from the first instance and import it in the profile you want in the second instance... I appreciate that I don't have to use a second computer anyway, I was already thinking about the way to sync between 2 computers, remov…

Of course, before doing anything : backup your data !!!

[image] banan314: I understand that swapping the blocks from one profile.json to another one between the instance folders is necessary, but what about the whole structure inside the sqlite db? I assume each profile has its own db, so moving the profile folder should do the trick right? Also, al…

The solution depicted here works for me. However, unfortunately I think there are some drawbacks - in my case I would like to have three (or more) profiles open at once, but as far as I've seen this is not possible because only two instances at once can be opened. Maybe I'm overseeing something, th…

@PedroM what OS are you using? If you're on Windows, you can install WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux), install Joplin there and run it as a separate Joplin instance. You could be able to open 4 instances at the same time as a workaround.

Hey @banan314 , thanks for the suggestion. I use Joplin on Linux and Windows. I didn't test your workaround as I managed to reorganize my things into two profiles and avoid such hassles, though I imagine it could work well.

Secondary app instance to open another profile

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Steph 18 May 2025 16:07 3

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Multiple instances Support	21	797	14 April 2025
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Secondary app instance to open another profile

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