Your computer's operating system, and the browser you're using, determine the location of your data. Your documents are stored by Google Gears in a special data format. Below is a list of these locations:
- Windows Vista - Internet Explorer
C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\LocalLow\Google\Google Gears for Internet Explorer - Windows Vista - Firefox. Database files are stored in the user profile directory.
C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\{PROFILE}.default\Google Gears for Firefox - Windows Vista - Google Chrome. Database files are stored in the user profile directory.
C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Plugin Data\Google Gears - Windows XP - Internet Explorer.
C:\Documents and Settings\%USERNAME%\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Google Gears for Internet Explorer - Windows XP - Firefox. Database files are stored in the user profile directory.
C:\Documents and Settings\%USERNAME%\Local Settings\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\{PROFILE}.default\Google Gears for Firefox - Windows XP - Google Chrome. Database files are stored in the user profile directory.
C:\Documents and Settings\\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Plugin Data\Google Gears - Mac OS/X - Firefox. Database files are stored in the user profile directory.
Users/%USERNAME%/Library/Caches/Firefox/Profiles/{PROFILE}.default/Google Gears for Firefox - Linux - Firefox. Database files are stored in the user home directory.
~%USERNAME%/.mozilla/firefox/{PROFILE}.default/Google Gears for Firefox
Don't edit or open files in your Gears directory, as that can corrupt your data and break offline docs. If you encounter an issue and contact us to troubleshoot, we may ask you to archive and save the files within your Gears directory.