Your data & backups
Everything the app saves stays on your PC, in plain files. Export it all in one file to move to another PC.
Where it's saved
Everything is in %APPDATA%\moe.lenn.vnrpc-tauri\ (paste that in the Explorer address bar).
| File | What |
|---|---|
config.yaml | App settings. |
games\<title>.yaml | One file per VN: time read, history, status, cover, privacy. Safe to edit or rename. |
cache\ | VNDB results, covers and screenshot thumbnails. Safe to delete. |
backups\ | What you had before each import (see below). |
Screenshots are saved separately, in Pictures\Visual Novel RPC\<VN title>\ by default.
Close the app (tray icon → Quit) before editing these files by hand.
Coming from 1.x
Versions 1.x kept their data in %APPDATA%\VisualNovelRPC\. On its first launch, version 2.0 copies it into its own folder and leaves the original untouched. Once you're happy with 2.0, you can delete the old folder. See also Install → Coming from version 1.x.
Export
In Settings → General → Your data, click Export…. You get one .zip (e.g. VisualNovelRPC-backup-2026-10-08.zip) with your settings, the Library (time read, history, statuses) and custom covers.
The export includes your VNDB token. Don't share the file. Screenshots aren't included: copy their folder separately if you want them.
Import, or move to a new PC
- Export on the old PC and copy the .zip over.
- On the new PC, run
VisualNovelRPC.exe, then Settings → General → Your data → Import… and pick the .zip. - Click Replace. Your settings and Library are replaced by the ones in the file.
Nothing is lost by importing: what you had before is saved first in the backups\ folder, and can be imported back the same way. A backup made by a newer version of the app can't be imported: update the app first.
If a game is installed somewhere else on the new PC, Play says it can't find it and offers to locate it: point it to the game's .exe once.