Where Does Texts Store Chats and Settings?
Texts desktop vault, accounts and settings database per OS.
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Texts keeps its unified chat vault, account credentials and settings in per-OS app-data folders, encrypted at rest per account. Every connected network funnels through this one vault.
Back up through in-app export before machine moves since raw vault copies bind to device keys. Re-login restores history from each network cleanly.
Where Texts stores this, by platform
%APPDATA%\Texts
Vault database plus accounts and settings. Quit Texts fully before copying. Device-bound encryption means raw copies may not open elsewhere.
~/Library/Application Support/Texts
macOS vault mirror. Open through Finder Go to Folder. Prefer in-app export for migration.
Frequently asked questions
How do I migrate Texts chats?
Use in-app backup and restore across machines. Raw vault copies above often refuse foreign device keys.
Does Texts store chats locally only?
The vault above caches unified history while networks keep authoritative copies. Deleting locally re-syncs on login.
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