# File location information

**URL:** <https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/file-location-information/24679>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [November 15, 2022, 10:50am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/file-location-information/24679 "2022-11-15T10:50:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![patite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbce88/32.png) [@patite](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/patite)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2022, 10:50am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/file-location-information/24679/1 "2022-11-15T10:50:13Z")

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I’ve created a deck but I don’t know where the file is located.  
Would it be possible to introduce this information somewhere in Anki?  
Thank you

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**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 11:58pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/file-location-information/24679/2 "2022-11-16T23:58:03Z")

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Decks are not stored in individual files unless you export them.

[https://docs.ankiweb.net/files.html#file-locations](https://docs.ankiweb.net/files.html#file-locations)

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**Author:** ![patite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbce88/32.png) [@patite](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/patite)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2022, 2:53pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/file-location-information/24679/3 "2022-11-19T14:53:50Z")

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Unfortunately it doesn’t help since the decks are not there. Could you please improve the manual to explain it better. Should I first export my deck to a location? When I add in the future new cards will the file in the new location be updated?

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**Author:** ![ferophila](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/ferophila/32/10566_2.png) [@ferophila](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/ferophila)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2022, 3:57pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/file-location-information/24679/4 "2022-11-19T15:57:24Z")

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You can export a deck or any other subset of notes to a single file, which you can save everywhere and share with others. This file isn’t updated automatically. If you add notes to your deck later, you have to update the exported file manually.

[https://docs.ankiweb.net/exporting.html](https://docs.ankiweb.net/exporting.html)

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**Author:** ![langfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@langfield](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/langfield)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2022, 6:06pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/file-location-information/24679/5 "2022-11-19T18:06:48Z")

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What’s your use case here? What do you want to do with the deck ‘file’ you’re asking about?

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**Author:** ![patite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbce88/32.png) [@patite](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/patite)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2022, 8:52pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/file-location-information/24679/6 "2022-11-19T20:52:29Z")

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I would like to have a folder with all my Anki files. At the moment I don’t know where are my Anki files saved. I don’t understand why it cannot work as a normal file that you know where it is located and thta you can send to someone else for example.

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**Author:** ![langfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@langfield](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/langfield)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2022, 10:03pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/file-location-information/24679/7 "2022-11-19T22:03:44Z")

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How do you want these files organized? Anki saves everything (except media) in a single binary file, a database dump called `collection.anki2`. The location depends on your OS.

If you want a file for each deck, use the export function described above.

If you want a file for each note, you can use [Ki](https://github.com/langfield/ki) (full disclosure, I am the maintainer of this tool).

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2022, 10:04pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/file-location-information/24679/8 "2022-12-19T22:04:37Z")

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