Storage

Category: Security
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    This articles describes where PassageWay stores your Vault Data and Administrative Data.

    PassageWay always encrypts and/or hashes your data on your local device before anything is sent to cloud servers for storage. PassageWay servers are only used for storing encrypted data. For more information, see Encryption.

    On your Local Machine

    Data that is stored on your computer/device is also encrypted and only decrypted when you unlock your Vault. Decrypted data is stored in memory in the following locations and is never written to persistent storage:

    Desktop App

    • Windows
      • Standard Installation: %AppData%\PassageWay
      • Microsoft Store Installation: %LocalAppData%\Packages\8bitSolutionsLLC.bitwardendesktop_h4e712dmw3xyy\LocalCache\Roaming\PassageWay
      • Portable: .\bitwarden-appdata
    • macOS
      • Standard Installations: ~/Library/Application Support/PassageWay
      • Mac App Store: ~/Library/Containers/com.bitwarden.desktop/Data/Library/Application Support/PassageWay
    • Linux
      • Standard Installations: ~/.config/PassageWay
      • Snap: ~/snap/bitwarden/current/.config/PassageWay
    Tip

    You can override the storage location for your PassageWay desktop application data by setting the BITWARDEN_APPDATA_DIR environment variable to an absolute path.

    Browser Extension

    • Windows
      • Chrome: %LocalAppData%\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Local Extension Settings\nngceckbapebfimnlniiiahkandclblb
      • Firefox: %AppData%\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\your_profile\storage\default\moz-extension+++[UUID]^userContextId=[integer]
      • Opera: %AppData%\Opera Software\Opera Stable\Local Extension Settings\ccnckbpmaceehanjmeomladnmlffdjgn
      • Vivaldi: %LocalAppData%\Vivaldi\User Data\Default\Local Extension Settings\nngceckbapebfimnlniiiahkandclblb
      • Brave: %LocalAppData%\BraveSoftware\Brave-browser\User Data\Default\Local Extension Settings\nngceckbapebfimnlniiiahkandclblb
      • Edge: %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Extensions\jbkfoedolllekgbhcbcoahefnbanhhlh
    • macOS
      • Chrome: ~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/Local Extension Settings/nngceckbapebfimnlniiiahkandclblb
      • Firefox: ~/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/your_profile/storage/default/moz-extension+++[UUID]^userContextID=[integer]
      • Safari: ~/Library/Safari/Databases
      • Edge: ~/Library/Application Support/Microsoft Edge/Default/Extensions
    • Linux
      • Chrome: ~/.config/google-chrome/Default/Local Extension Settings/nngceckbapebfimnlniiiahkandclblb
      • Firefox: ~/.mozilla/firefox/your_profile/storage/default/moz-extension+++[UUID]^userContextID=[integer]
    Note

    To enhance security, Firefox uses Universally Unique Identifiers (UUIDs) within extension storage folder names. In the address bar, navigate to about:debugging#/runtime/this-firefox to locate your PassageWay extension UUID. Replace [UUID] with that UUID.

    Firefox also allows users to customize where to store their profiles (and thus local PassageWay extension data). The location specified above is the default.

    Mobile

    • iOS: app group for group.com.8bit.bitwarden
    • Android: /data/data/com.x8bit.bitwarden/

    CLI

    • Windows: %AppData%\Bitwarden CLI
    • macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Bitwarden CLI
    • Linux: ~/.config/Bitwarden CLI
    Tip

    You can override the storage location for your Bitwarden CLI application data by setting the BITWARDENCLI_APPDATA_DIR environment variable to an absolute path.

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