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318318 Also leave out `plugin-mcp-auth/` and `connectors/*/plugin-mcp/`, which on Windows and Linux hold the user's sign-ins to plugin servers. The user signs in to those servers again on the new device.
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320320 If you copied any of these files or folders, quit Claude Desktop on the new device, then delete them.
321 * `~/Claude/`, or `~/Documents/Claude/` on legacy installs
321 * The user's Cowork files folder: `~/Claude/`, or `~/Documents/Claude/` on legacy installs. If the user changed it, note the folder shown under **Cowork files** in **Settings > Cowork** on the old device before step 1, and copy that folder instead.
322322 * `~/.claude/` and `~/.claude.json`
323323 * The folders and repositories that the user's projects, scheduled tasks, and Code sessions use
3244. Make the user the owner of the copied files, with read and write access. Give no other user account access to the application-data directory, `~/Claude/` or `~/Documents/Claude/`, `~/.claude/`, or `~/.claude.json`.
3244. Make the user the owner of the copied files, with read and write access. Give no other user account access to the application-data directory, the user's Cowork files folder, `~/.claude/`, or `~/.claude.json`.
3253255. Have the user launch Claude Desktop, sign in if the app asks, and confirm that their chats, Cowork tasks, Code sessions, and projects appear. If any are missing, check that:
326326 * The user owns the copied files
327327 * The [`ant-did`](#identity) file in the application-data directory has the same contents as on the old device. If it doesn't, start again from step 1.
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