Linux

Where Does Waydroid Store Images and Data?

Waydroid images, configs and app data on Linux.

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Waydroid keeps system and vendor images plus configs in /var/lib/waydroid, with per-user app data in home Android containers. Resetting images never touches user apps until userdata wipes run.

Snapshot configs before OTA-style upgrades and binder experiments. Image downloads are gigabytes while configs are kilobytes.

Where Waydroid stores this, by platform

Linux
/var/lib/waydroid

System images, rootfs overlays and waydroid.cfg for the container. User app data lives in ~/.local/share/waydroid/data. Manage with waydroid init and upgrade commands, not raw deletes.

Frequently asked questions

How do I reset Waydroid cleanly?

Use waydroid init -f for images plus userdata wipes for apps. Raw deletes of the folder above orphan binder mounts.

Where are Waydroid app files?

In the per-user data tree beside /var/lib above. Android storage inside Waydroid maps back to those host paths.

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