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1919| macOS | `~/Library/Application Support/Claude-3p/` | `~/Library/Logs/Claude-3p/` |
2020| Windows | `%LOCALAPPDATA%\Claude-3p\` | (under the application-data directory) |
21| Linux | `~/.config/Claude-3p/` | (under the application-data directory) |
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2324 On Windows, earlier Claude Desktop releases stored this data under `%APPDATA%\Claude-3p\` (the Roaming profile). On first launch after upgrading, the app moves the existing directory to `%LOCALAPPDATA%` automatically; if Roaming is redirected to a network share, conversation history and configuration are copied and large regenerable caches are re-downloaded. Update any external tooling, backup jobs, or endpoint policies that reference the old path. macOS paths are unchanged.
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3435| `local-agent-mode-sessions/.../memory/` | Cowork memory: a `CLAUDE.md` instructions file plus a `memory/` subdirectory of Markdown notes Claude writes about the user's preferences, projects, and feedback. See [Memory](#memory). |
3536| `local-agent-mode-sessions/.../spaces/<projectId>/memory/` | Markdown memory notes for one project, used by Cowork sessions and Chat conversations inside that project. See [Memory](#memory). |
3637| `local-agent-mode-sessions/.../<sessionId>/audit.jsonl` | Append-only log of session events (tool invocations, permission decisions, file operations). Each entry is HMAC-chained to the previous one so edits or deletions are detectable; the companion `.audit-key` file holds the per-session signing key, encrypted via the OS keychain. |
37| `claude-code-sessions/` | Code conversation history, in the same per-session layout. |
38| `claude-code-sessions/` | Code session records holding each session's working folder, settings, title, and sometimes a short summary. The conversation transcripts themselves are in Claude Code's own store at `~/.claude/projects/`, outside this directory. |
3839| `claude-code/`, `claude-code-vm/` | Claude Code binary and VM workspace data for Code sessions. |
3940| `vm_bundles/` | Cached copy of the Cowork sandbox VM bundle. |
4041| `cowork_plugins/` | User-installed and [org-provisioned](/docs/third-party/claude-desktop/extensions#organization-plugins-admin) plugins. Created on first plugin install. |
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91To fully reset a device's Claude Desktop on 3P state, delete the application-data directory above and the `~/Claude/` user-files folder. To return to standard Claude Desktop without removing data, choose the Anthropic sign-in option on the sign-in screen; to also remove the locally authored 3P configuration, delete the `configLibrary/` directory.
92To fully reset a device's Claude Desktop on 3P state, delete the application-data directory above and the `~/Claude/` user-files folder. Code session transcripts are in Claude Code's store at `~/.claude/projects/`, which Claude Code in the terminal also uses, so delete them there separately if you need to remove them. For [SSH remote sessions](/docs/third-party/claude-desktop/ssh-remote-sessions#host-requirements), that store and any attached files are on the remote host. To return to standard Claude Desktop without removing data, choose the Anthropic sign-in option on the sign-in screen; to also remove the locally authored 3P configuration, delete the `configLibrary/` directory.
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93Conversation history exists only in this directory, so deleting it is unrecoverable.
94Conversation history exists only on this device, or on the SSH host for remote Code sessions, so deleting it is unrecoverable.
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