Where's the location of the notes?

[puerto_escondido]

And how to specify a new, custom location?

On Linux. The path ~/.joplin* doesn't exist

[muzak]

Hi @puerto_escondido, welcome to the forum.

@muzak

The first line of Tools > Options > General shows full path of where notes and settings are stored.

I wouldn't advise editing or moving those notes and settings directly.

To specify a custom location on Linux, make sure your data is backed up and recoverable first. Then, if you know what you're doing, try the workarounds from these threads:

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